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scipsy: Suicide is the fourth leading cause of death among youth aged 10 to 14 years, the third among 15 to 24 years, the second among 25 to 34 years. These data are disturbing, but we know that among LGB youth suicide attempt are even more likely compared with heterosexual peers. Hatzenbuehler (2011) conducted a research finding that lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth were significantly more likely to attempt suicide compared with heterosexuals, a proportion of  21.5% vs 4.2%. The data also showed that: “Among LGB youth, the risk of attempting suicide was 20% greater in negative environments compared with positive environments (25.47% of LGB living in negative environments attempted suicide at least once versus 20.37% in positive environments). In contrast, among heterosexual youth, the risk of suicide attempts was only 9% greater in negative environments.” The author created: “an index of the social environment surrounding LGB youth, which was composed of 5 different items (described in more detail below): (1) proportion of same-sex couples living in the counties; (2) proportion of Democrats living in the counties; (3) proportion of schools with gay-straight alliances; (4) proportion of schools with antibullying policies specifically protecting LGB students; and (5) proportion of schools with antidiscrimination policies that included sexual orientation.” Similar measure of LGB climate was found having a strong correlation with LGB adults’ perceptions of how supportive their communities were. These results imply that the social environment appears to confer risk for suicide attempts over and above individual-level risk factors.  We really need to create more positive environments. Plus, we need to make sure that Republicans and lunatic fringe Christians don’t make the issue any worse for LGBTQ teens in America.
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scipsy:

Suicide is the fourth leading cause of death among youth aged 10 to 14 years, the third among 15 to 24 years, the second among 25 to 34 years.

These data are disturbing, but we know that among LGB youth suicide attempt are even more likely compared with heterosexual peers.

Hatzenbuehler (2011) conducted a research finding that lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth were significantly more likely to attempt suicide compared with heterosexuals, a proportion of  21.5% vs 4.2%.

The data also showed that:

“Among LGB youth, the risk of attempting suicide was 20% greater in negative environments compared with positive environments (25.47% of LGB living in negative environments attempted suicide at least once versus 20.37% in positive environments). In contrast, among heterosexual youth, the risk of suicide attempts was only 9% greater in negative environments.”

The author created:

“an index of the social environment surrounding LGB youth, which was composed of 5 different items (described in more detail below): (1) proportion of same-sex couples living in the counties; (2) proportion of Democrats living in the counties; (3) proportion of schools with gay-straight alliances; (4) proportion of schools with antibullying policies specifically protecting LGB students; and (5) proportion of schools with antidiscrimination policies that included sexual orientation.”

Similar measure of LGB climate was found having a strong correlation with LGB adults’ perceptions of how supportive their communities were.

These results imply that the social environment appears to confer risk for suicide attempts over and above individual-level risk factors. 

We really need to create more positive environments.

Plus, we need to make sure that Republicans and lunatic fringe Christians don’t make the issue any worse for LGBTQ teens in America.

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Source: scipsy

Holding A Gun Makes You Think Others Are Holding Guns Too, New Research Shows!!!

Wielding a gun increases a person’s bias to see guns in the hands of others, new research from the University of Notre Dame shows.

Notre Dame Associate Professor of Psychology James Brockmole, who specializes in human cognition and how the visual world guides behavior, together with a colleague from Purdue University, conducted the study, which will appear in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance.

In five experiments, subjects were shown multiple images of people on a computer screen and determined whether the person was holding a gun or a neutral object such as a soda can or cell phone. Subjects did this while holding either a toy gun or a neutral object such as a foam ball.

The researchers varied the situation in each experiment — such as having the people in the images sometimes wear ski masks, changing the race of the person in the image or changing the reaction subjects were to have when they perceived the person in the image to hold a gun. Regardless of the situation the observers found themselves in, the study showed that responding with a gun biased observers to report “gun present” more than did responding with a ball. Thus, by virtue of affording the subject the opportunity to use a gun, he or she was more likely to classify objects in a scene as a gun and, as a result, to engage in threat-induced behavior, such as raising a firearm to shoot.

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“Beliefs, expectations and emotions can all influence an observer’s ability to detect and to categorize objects as guns,” Brockmole says. “Now we know that a person’s ability to act in certain ways can bias their recognition of objects as well, and in dramatic ways. It seems that people have a hard time separating their thoughts about what they perceive and their thoughts about how they can or should act.”

The researchers showed that the ability to act is a key factor in the effects by showing that simply letting observers see a nearby gun did not influence their behavior; holding and using the gun was important.

“One reason we supposed that wielding a firearm might influence object categorization stems from previous research in this area, which argues that people perceive the spatial properties of their surrounding environment in terms of their ability to perform an intended action,” Brockmole says.

For example, other research has shown that people with broader shoulders tend to perceive doorways to be narrower, and softball players with higher batting averages perceive the ball to be bigger. The blending of perception and action representations could explain, in part, why people holding a gun would tend to assume others are, too.

“In addition to the theoretical implications for event perception and object identification, these findings have practical implications for law enforcement and public safety,” Brockmole says.

phxpsyd: Be brave. Depression Suicide Hotline: 1-800-SUICIDE (2433) – Can use in US, U.K., Canada and Singapore Suicide Crisis Line: 1-800-999-9999 National Suicide Prevention Helpline: 1-800-273-TALK (8245) National Adolescent Suicide Helpline: 1-800-621-4000 Postpartum Depression: 1-800-PPD-MOMS NDMDA Depression Hotline – Support Group: 1-800-826-3632 Veterans: 1-877-VET2VET Crisis Help Line – For Any Kind of Crisis: 1-800-233-4357 Suicide & Depression Crisis Line – Covenant House: 1-800-999-9999 Domestic Abuse National Child Abuse Helpline: 1-800-422-4453 National Domestic Violence Crisis Line: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) National Domestic Violence Hotline (TDD): 1-800-787-32324 Center for the Prevention of School Violence: 1-800-299-6504 Child Abuse Helpline: 1-800-4-A-CHILD (1-800-422-4453) Domestic Violence Helpline: 1-800-548-2722 Healing Woman Foundation (Abuse): 1-800-477-4111 Child Abuse Hotline Support & Information: 1-800-792-5200 Women’s Aid National Domestic Violence Helpline: (UK Only) 0345 023 468 Sexual Abuse Centre: (UK Only) 0117 935 1707 Sexual Assault Support (24/7, English & Spanish): 1-800-223-5001 Domestic & Teen Dating Violence (English & Spanish: 1-800-992-2600 Alcohol & Drug Abuse National Association for Children of Alcoholics: 1-888-55-4COAS (1-888-554-2627) National Drug Abuse: 1-800-662-HELP (4357) Al-Anon/Alateen Hope & Help for young people who are the relatives & friends of a problem drinker): 1-800-344-2666 Alcohol/Drug Abuse Hotline: 1-800-662-HELP (4357) Be Sober Hotline: 1-800-BE-SOBER (1-800-237-6237) Cocaine Help Line: 1-800-COCAINE (1-800-262-2463) 24 Hour Cocaine Support Line: 1-800-992-9239 Ecstasy Addiction: 1-800-468-6933 Marijuana Anonymous: 1-800-766-6779 Youth & Teen Hotlines National Youth Crisis Support: 1-800-448-4663 Youth America Hotline: 1-877-YOUTHLINE (1-877-968-8454) Covenant House Nine-Line (Teens): 1-800-999-9999 Boys Town National: 1-800-448-3000 Teen Helpline: 1-800-400-0900 TeenLine: 1-800-522-8336 Youth Crisis Support: 1-800-448-4663 or 1-800-422-0009 Runaway Support (All Calls are Confidential): 800-231-6946 Child Helpline: (UK Only) 0800 1111 Pregnancy Hotlines AAA Crisis Pregnancy Center: 1-800-560-0717 Pregnancy Support: 1-800-4-OPTIONS (1-800-467-8466) Pregnancy National Helpline: 1-800-356-5761 Young Pregnant Support: 1-800 550-4900 Gay and Lesbian Hotlines The Trevor Helpline (For homosexuality questions or problems): 1-800-850-8078 Gay & Lesbian National Support: 1-888-THE-GLNH (1-888-843-4564) Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT) Youth Support Line: 1-800-850-8078 Lesbian & Gay Switchboard: (UK Only) 0121 622 6589 Lothian Gay & Lesbian Switchboard – Scotland: (Scotland Only) 0131 556 4049 Other Hotlines Self-Injury Support: 1-800-DONT CUT (1-800-366-8288) (www.selfinjury.com) Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention: 1-800-931-2237 (Hours: 8am-noon daily, PST) Eating Disorders Center: 1-888-236-1188 Help Finding a Therapist: 1-800-THERAPIST (1-800-843-7274) Panic Disorder Information and Support: 1-800-64-PANIC (1-800-647-2642) TalkZone (Peer Counselors): 1-800-475-TALK (1-800-475-2855) Parental Stress Hotline: 1-800-632-8188 National AIDS Helpline: (UK Only) 0800 567 123 Accepting help is BRAVE! Depression is real!
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phxpsyd:

Be brave.

Depression

  • Suicide Hotline: 1-800-SUICIDE (2433) – Can use in US, U.K., Canada and Singapore
  • Suicide Crisis Line: 1-800-999-9999
  • National Suicide Prevention Helpline: 1-800-273-TALK (8245)
  • National Adolescent Suicide Helpline: 1-800-621-4000
  • Postpartum Depression: 1-800-PPD-MOMS
  • NDMDA Depression Hotline – Support Group: 1-800-826-3632
  • Veterans: 1-877-VET2VET
  • Crisis Help Line – For Any Kind of Crisis: 1-800-233-4357
  • Suicide & Depression Crisis Line – Covenant House: 1-800-999-9999

Domestic Abuse

  • National Child Abuse Helpline: 1-800-422-4453
  • National Domestic Violence Crisis Line: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)
  • National Domestic Violence Hotline (TDD): 1-800-787-32324
  • Center for the Prevention of School Violence: 1-800-299-6504
  • Child Abuse Helpline: 1-800-4-A-CHILD (1-800-422-4453)
  • Domestic Violence Helpline: 1-800-548-2722
  • Healing Woman Foundation (Abuse): 1-800-477-4111
  • Child Abuse Hotline Support & Information: 1-800-792-5200
  • Women’s Aid National Domestic Violence Helpline: (UK Only) 0345 023 468
  • Sexual Abuse Centre: (UK Only) 0117 935 1707
  • Sexual Assault Support (24/7, English & Spanish): 1-800-223-5001
  • Domestic & Teen Dating Violence (English & Spanish: 1-800-992-2600

Alcohol & Drug Abuse

  • National Association for Children of Alcoholics: 1-888-55-4COAS (1-888-554-2627)
  • National Drug Abuse: 1-800-662-HELP (4357)
  • Al-Anon/Alateen Hope & Help for young people who are the relatives & friends of a problem drinker): 1-800-344-2666
  • Alcohol/Drug Abuse Hotline: 1-800-662-HELP (4357)
  • Be Sober Hotline: 1-800-BE-SOBER (1-800-237-6237)
  • Cocaine Help Line: 1-800-COCAINE (1-800-262-2463)
  • 24 Hour Cocaine Support Line: 1-800-992-9239
  • Ecstasy Addiction: 1-800-468-6933
  • Marijuana Anonymous: 1-800-766-6779

Youth & Teen Hotlines

  • National Youth Crisis Support: 1-800-448-4663
  • Youth America Hotline: 1-877-YOUTHLINE (1-877-968-8454)
  • Covenant House Nine-Line (Teens): 1-800-999-9999
  • Boys Town National: 1-800-448-3000
  • Teen Helpline: 1-800-400-0900
  • TeenLine: 1-800-522-8336
  • Youth Crisis Support: 1-800-448-4663 or 1-800-422-0009
  • Runaway Support (All Calls are Confidential): 800-231-6946
  • Child Helpline: (UK Only) 0800 1111

Pregnancy Hotlines

  • AAA Crisis Pregnancy Center: 1-800-560-0717
  • Pregnancy Support: 1-800-4-OPTIONS (1-800-467-8466)
  • Pregnancy National Helpline: 1-800-356-5761
  • Young Pregnant Support: 1-800 550-4900

Gay and Lesbian Hotlines

  • The Trevor Helpline (For homosexuality questions or problems): 1-800-850-8078
  • Gay & Lesbian National Support: 1-888-THE-GLNH (1-888-843-4564)
  • Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT) Youth Support Line: 1-800-850-8078
  • Lesbian & Gay Switchboard: (UK Only) 0121 622 6589
  • Lothian Gay & Lesbian Switchboard – Scotland: (Scotland Only) 0131 556 4049

Other Hotlines

  • Self-Injury Support: 1-800-DONT CUT (1-800-366-8288) (www.selfinjury.com)
  • Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention: 1-800-931-2237 (Hours: 8am-noon daily, PST)
  • Eating Disorders Center: 1-888-236-1188
  • Help Finding a Therapist: 1-800-THERAPIST (1-800-843-7274)
  • Panic Disorder Information and Support: 1-800-64-PANIC (1-800-647-2642)
  • TalkZone (Peer Counselors): 1-800-475-TALK (1-800-475-2855)
  • Parental Stress Hotline: 1-800-632-8188
  • National AIDS Helpline: (UK Only) 0800 567 123

Accepting help is BRAVE! Depression is real!

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Source: the-healing-nest

innerhealthwellness: 1 in 5 Americans mentally ill Twenty percent of American adults are mentally ill. At least, 45.9 million of us have experienced some kind of mental illness in the last year. This is according to the US government’s latest National Survey on Drug Use and Health – which does seem like an oxymoronic survey name.
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1 in 5 Americans mentally ill

Twenty percent of American adults are mentally ill. At least, 45.9 million of us have experienced some kind of mental illness in the last year. This is according to the US government’s latest National Survey on Drug Use and Health – which does seem like an oxymoronic survey name.

(via mentalhealthresource)

jtotheizzoe:

How to confuse a moral compass

Watch this simple trick, used by Lund University (Sweden) researchers to trick people into defending moral arguments that they did not, in fact, originally agree with. By silently switching the questions that survey respondents rated, and then asking them to defend their answers, they demonstrated a phenomenon called “choice blindness”. More than half of people ended up defending a choice they didn’t actually make!

It’s a pretty small sample, and it’s unknown whether different questionnaire subjects would show the same pattern … but it’s another in a long line of studies demonstrating that whether it’s politics, morals or simple beliefs, the human brain has a very hard time letting go of its opinions. 

Even if those opinions aren’t real.

(via Nature News)

scinerds: When Depression Drugs Don’t Help, Talking Might Talk therapy may be a helpful supplemental treatment for people with depression who have not responded to medication, a new study from the United Kingdom suggests. Researchers found that people with depression who had not improved despite taking antidepressants were three times more likely to experience a reduction in their depression symptoms if talk therapy was added to their treatment regimen compared with those who continued to take only antidepressants. The study is one of the first large trials to test the effectiveness of talk therapy given in tandem with antidepressants, the researchers said. Up to two-thirds of people with depression don’t respond fully to antidepressant treatment, and the findings suggest a way to help this group, the researchers said. “Until now, there was little evidence to help clinicians choose the best next step treatment for those patients whose symptoms do not respond to standard drug treatments,” study researcher Nicola Wiles of the University of Bristol’s Centre for Mental Health, Addiction and Suicide Research said in a statement. The study followed patients for one year. Future studies should examine the effectiveness of this treatment combination over the long term, as patients with depression can relapse after treatment, the researchers said. In addition, because some patients did not improve substantially when talk therapy was added, further research is needed to find alternative treatments for this group, Wiles added. The study included about 470 people with depression who had not responded to antidepressants after six weeks of treatment. About half received cognitive behavioral therapy — a type of talk therapy — in addition to their usual antidepressant treatment, and half continued antidepressants without the addition of talk therapy. After six months, about 46 percent of patients in the talk therapy group experienced at least a 50 percent reduction in their depressive symptoms. By contrast, 22 percent of people in the antidepressant group improved by the same amount. By the 12-month mark, both groups experienced similar rates of improvement. Often, talk therapy is more difficult to access than medication, the researchers said. And people may not be able to afford the treatment if their health insurance does not cover it. Only about 25 percent of Americans with depression have received talk therapy during the past year, they said. Pass it on: People with depression who have not responded to antidepressants may benefit from the addition of talk therapy.
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scinerds:

When Depression Drugs Don’t Help, Talking Might

Talk therapy may be a helpful supplemental treatment for people with depression who have not responded to medication, a new study from the United Kingdom suggests.

Researchers found that people with depression who had not improved despite taking antidepressants were three times more likely to experience a reduction in their depression symptoms if talk therapy was added to their treatment regimen compared with those who continued to take only antidepressants.

The study is one of the first large trials to test the effectiveness of talk therapy given in tandem with antidepressants, the researchers said.

Up to two-thirds of people with depression don’t respond fully to antidepressant treatment, and the findings suggest a way to help this group, the researchers said.

“Until now, there was little evidence to help clinicians choose the best next step treatment for those patients whose symptoms do not respond to standard drug treatments,” study researcher Nicola Wiles of the University of Bristol’s Centre for Mental Health, Addiction and Suicide Research said in a statement.

The study followed patients for one year. Future studies should examine the effectiveness of this treatment combination over the long term, as patients with depression can relapse after treatment, the researchers said.

In addition, because some patients did not improve substantially when talk therapy was added, further research is needed to find alternative treatments for this group, Wiles added.

The study included about 470 people with depression who had not responded to antidepressants after six weeks of treatment. About half received cognitive behavioral therapy — a type of talk therapy — in addition to their usual antidepressant treatment, and half continued antidepressants without the addition of talk therapy.

After six months, about 46 percent of patients in the talk therapy group experienced at least a 50 percent reduction in their depressive symptoms. By contrast, 22 percent of people in the antidepressant group improved by the same amount. By the 12-month mark, both groups experienced similar rates of improvement.

Often, talk therapy is more difficult to access than medication, the researchers said. And people may not be able to afford the treatment if their health insurance does not cover it. Only about 25 percent of Americans with depression have received talk therapy during the past year, they said.

Pass it on: People with depression who have not responded to antidepressants may benefit from the addition of talk therapy.

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