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Population Differences in Health Outcomes

12/21/2016

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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.

Click on the links to see the research.


  • 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.
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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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