Population Differences in Health Outcomes

12/21/2016

I read these stats in an email from National Council for Behavioral Health today. Pretty eye-opening. More of us need to be aware of these systemic differences in health outcomes for Americans.

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LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) youth are two to three times more likely to attempt suicide than their heterosexual counterparts.
More than two-thirds of Southeast Asian refugees receiving mental health care were diagnosed with PTSD associated with trauma experienced before and after immigration to the U.S.
People of color are overrepresented in prisons and jails. Additionally, blacks account for 37 percent of drug arrests but only 14 percent of people who regularly use drugs.
Native Americans experienced a 236 percent increase in deaths from heroin overdose between 2010 and 2014.

Dean

1/3/2017 10:10:22 am

Very serious. As someone who has experienced a past suicide attempt and had time to reflect on it, I would like to share my perspective on the matter. After I attempted suicide, I felt like a branch of my virginity had been lost in a way that I really regret, so the temptation always exists now to "fornicate with death" because you feel like you have nothing to lose. There's a lot of good research here and if I was a scholar I would love to contribute to the field but I am just a face in the crowd.

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