ArticleSSM. Mental health2021
Explaining effective mental health support for LGBTQ+ youth: A meta-narrative review.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Barriers to Mental Health Support and Recommendations for Improvement From the Perspectives of LGBTQ+ Youth.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2025Article
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- 'Is it worth potentially dealing with someone who won't get it?': LGBTQA+ university students' perspectives on mental health care.Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand · 2025Article
- Mental Health and Victimization Among LGBTQ+ Youth: Future Directions for Support in Schools.The Journal of school health · 2024Article
- School-Based Health Centers Addressing Health Equity for LGBTQ + Patients (SBHCs HELP): protocol for a stepped-wedge trial to implement innovations promoting structural competency.BMC health services research · 2024Article
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- Gender and sexual identity-based inequalities in adolescent wellbeing: findings from the #BeeWell Study.BMC public health · 2023Article
- The influence of minority stress-related experiences on mental wellbeing for trans/gender-diverse and cisgender youth: a comparative longitudinal analysis.Royal Society open science · 2023Article
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Abstract
This meta-narrative review on mental health early intervention support for LGBTQ+ youth aimed to develop a theoretical framework to explain effective mental health support. Using the RAMESES standards for meta-narrative reviews, we identified studies from database searches and citation-tracking. Data extraction and synthesis was conducted through conceptual coding in Atlas.ti. in two stages: 1) conceptual mapping of the meta-narratives; 2) comparing the key concepts across the meta-narratives to produce a theoretical framework. In total, 2951 titles and abstracts were screened and 200 full papers reviewed. 88 studies were included in the final review. Stage 1 synthesis identified three meta-narratives - psychological, psycho-social, and social/youth work. Stage 2 synthesis resulted in a non-pathological theoretical framework for mental health support that acknowledged the intersectional aspects of LGBTQ+ youth lives, and placed youth at the centre of their own mental health care. The study of LGBTQ+ youth mental health has largely occurred independently across a range of disciplines such as psychology, sociology, public health, social work and youth studies. The interdisciplinary theoretical framework produced indicates that effective early intervention mental health support for LGBTQ+ youth must prioritise addressing normative environments that marginalises youth, LGBTQ+ identities and mental health problems.
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