The next Black Dog Institute / eMHPrac live webinar will be held on 15th November. It’s an auspicious date. It’s the date the results of the national plebiscite on marriage equality will be announced.
This has been a harrowing time for many people and it may not get a whole lot better for some after the announcement. This webinar aims to help practitioners support the wellbeing of their LGBTI+ patients and clients.
I’ve done a lot of research for this webinar. In the
It’s true that everyone needs to learn the same strategies to manage their mental health no matter who they are or what social and cultural minority they belong to. But some people, by virtue of the fact that they are part of a social and cultural minority, need help that acknowledges and works with their special life experience and difficulties.
3% of the population identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. Nobody would deny that ATSIC people experience particular difficulties that contribute to their mental health. In
10% of the population identifies as being sexually or gender diverse. These LGBTI+ people experience childhood adversity as well. They also experience significant prejudice as adults. Their experience of adversity and prejudice is different from that of members of the ATSI community but still contributes significantly, in a negative way, to their psychological
I thought I knew something about this community and was well equipped to help them. I have friends and relatives as well as patients who identify as LGBTI. This period of research has made me
I’ve been researching widely and I am learning a lot. Here are just some of the things I can recommend that might be helpful for you if you too want to get a greater understanding of what it’s like to be “different”:
Growing Up Gay In The Country I the Feed - click to view
QLives: Jason's Story (Mental Health) - click to view
QLives: Rural and Regional Stories - click to view
Australian Story, About A Girl - click to view
If you are a health professional you can register to watch the on-demand recording of the live webinar. A link will be added to this post when the recording is available.
Jan is Sydney GP, private psychological medicine practitioner in Sydney’s inner west and a GP educator for Black Dog Institute.
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