Suicide in the LGBTQ Community: Understanding Why and Best Practices for Health Centers
Suicide in the LGBTQ Community: Understanding Why and Best Practices for Health Centers is organized by National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center.
Description:
Alex Keuroghlian, MD, MPH, Director of the National LBGT Health Education Center and Lisa Krinsky, Director of the LGBT Aging Project discuss how suicide is a national epidemic and one that impacts the LGBT community significantly across the lifespan. In this presentation they address some of the bio-psycho-social underlying issues, risk factors, interventions and resiliency.
Learning Objectives:
This webinar will enable participants to:
• Identify the major behavioral health disparities among LGBTQ people
• Explain how minority stress can adversely impact behavioral health outcomes among LGBTQ people
• Discuss best practices at health centers for prevention and management of suicidality among LGBTQ people