Human Development and Family Sciences

In Recognition of World Mental Health Day (Oct. 10)

Jessica Fish, Ph.D., University of Maryland

"Future Direction in Understanding and
Addressing Mental Health among LGBTQ Youth"

October 7, 2021
12:30 – 1:30pm

Today’s LGBTQ youth come of age at a time of dynamic social and political change concerning LGBTQ rights and visibility yet remain vulnerable to compromised mental health. Despite advances, there remain critical gaps in large-scale evidence-based prevention and intervention programs designed to support the positive development and mental health of LGBTQ youth. To spur advances in research and translation, I propose six distinct but interrelated considerations to developing future research and (ultimately) programs to address LGBTQ youth mental health: (1) framing LGBTQ health disparities in a life course perspective; (2) expanding notions of mental health; (3) attending to the complexity of youth’s context; (4) acknowledging heterogeneity; (5) leveraging community resources; and (6) fostering team science approaches for inquiry and application. By addressing these issues, we will ultimately provide new and innovative strategies for supporting the positive development and wellbeing of LGBTQ young people.

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Supporting Teachers, Supporting Students: Teachers’ Stress, Self-compassion, and Mindsets about Children’s Behavior

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