Depression and thoughts of self-harm or suicide among gender and sexually diverse people in a regional Australian community
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Article Title | Depression and thoughts of self-harm or suicide among gender and sexually diverse people in a regional Australian community |
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ERA Journal ID | 13561 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Phillips, Tania M., Austin, Gavin, Sanders, Tait, Martin, Margaret, Hudson, Jacqueline, Fort, Alexandra, Excell, Tarra, Mullens, Amy B. and Bromdal, Annette |
Journal Title | Health Promotion Journal of Australia |
Number of Pages | 13 |
Year | 2024 |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 1036-1073 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.855 |
Web Address (URL) | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/hpja.855 |
Abstract | Issues Addressed: There is a paucity of data regarding depression and thoughts of self-harm or suicide among gender and sexually diverse (GSD) people living within Australian regional/rural locations. This study aims to elucidate these issues and fill a critical gap. Methods: The sample included 91 GSD people from a regional community in South- West Queensland utilising the PHQ-9 to determine presence/severity of depression and self-harm/suicide ideation. These data were drawn from a larger health and well- being survey. Raw mean scores were calculated to determine prevalence/severity of clinical symptoms. Bayesian ordinal regression models were employed to analyse between-subgroup differences in depression and self-harm/suicide ideation. Results: Overall, 80.2% of GSD sample experienced depression (35.2% severe, 45.1% mild/moderate) and 41.8% experienced self-harm/suicide ideation in the past two- weeks. Trans and nonbinary people experienced higher levels of depressions than sexually diverse cisgender people. Pansexual and bisexual people experienced higher levels of depression than gay people. Trans people experienced higher prevalence of self-harm/suicide ideation than cisgender and nonbinary people, with no differences between sexuality subgroups. Conclusions: These findings contribute to deeper and more nuanced insights regard- ing clinically salient depressive and self-harm/suicide ideation symptoms among trans, nonbinary, bisexual, pansexual and queer people in regional Australian communities, with the aim to ultimately reduce mental health prevalence, improve mental health outcomes and health promotion among GSD people. So What? The current findings revealed GSD people experience high prevalence of depression and self-harm/suicide ideation indicating tailored mental health awareness-raising, training and health promotion is warranted to enhance psychologi- cal support. |
Keywords | depression, gender diverse, PHQ-9, regional Australia, self-harm ideation, sexually diverse, suicide ideation |
Article Publishing Charge (APC) Funding | Other |
Contains Sensitive Content | Contains sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 420603. Health promotion |
420602. Health equity | |
440506. Sexualities | |
440504. Gender relations | |
Byline Affiliations | Centre for Health Research |
School of Health and Medical Sciences | |
Lifeline Darling Downs & South West Queensland, Australia | |
School of Psychology and Wellbeing | |
School of Education |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/z655w/depression-and-thoughts-of-self-harm-or-suicide-among-gender-and-sexually-diverse-people-in-a-regional-australian-community
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