Suicide among LGBTQI

Running Head: LGBTQI
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Suicide among
LGBTQI
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5/22/2019

LGBTQI
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Table of Contents
Introduction.................................................................................................................... 2
Suicide....................................................................................................................... 2
Suicide among LGBTQI people........................................................................................... 3
Social determinants of Suicide among LGBTQI people..............................................................5
1. Socioeconomic status.............................................................................................. 5
2. Education............................................................................................................. 5
3. Family rejection..................................................................................................... 6
4. Discriminations...................................................................................................... 6
Policies that address Suicides among LGBTQI........................................................................7
Stakeholders................................................................................................................. 10
Conclusion................................................................................................................... 12
References................................................................................................................... 13

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Introduction
Suicide has become a worldwide issue that happens in almost each and every community
and country. There are many causing factors of suicides such as love failure, discriminations,
teenage pregnancy, academic stress and unsuccessfulness. Suicide-related issues are also linked
to the particular community, race and the type of gender (Le Moal, Lemey, Walter, &
Berrouiguet, 2018). It is estimated that nearly one million individuals globally die by committing
suicides each year. It is also projected that the global yearly suicides fatalities may rise to above
1.5 million by 2020. Suicides rates are increasing in the European regions, where nearly 40
individuals per 100000 die by committing suicides every year. Particularly in Russia, nearly
60,000 people die by suicide every year. Nearly 5800 people commit suicides every year in
Canada (Hottes, Bogaert, Rhodes, Brennan, & Gesink, 2016). This situation is worse among the
LGBTQI community. LGBTQI stands for lesbians, gay, bisexual, transgender, queers, and
intersex. In the last few years, the suicide risk among these individuals has become an increasing
focus of communicable discussion and concern. In this particular assessment how the suicide
issues are affecting the LGBT populations will be discussed (Andriessen, Rahman, Draper,
Dudley, & Mitchell, 2017). The social determinants of attempting suicide in case of lesbian, gay,
transgender, and bisexual people, the policies addressed the issues, and working with
stakeholders to deal with it will also be discussed in this specific report.
Suicide
Suicide is actually the act of deliberately causing one’s own death. Some of the common
risk factor associated with Suicides includes depression, personality disorder, stress, bipolar
disease, schizophrenia disorder, and substance abuse like alcohol consumption, and using