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Study on mental health impacts of anti-gay religious prejudice should be a ‘wake-up call’ for faith leaders

In Gay Lesbian & Bisexual Health, LGBTIQ+ issues, Mental health & sexual health

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ABC, 19th October 2017 Faith leaders who insist same-sex couples should not be able to marry — even those who also promote love and support for LGB people — may be causing serious harm to the mental health of LGB individuals, the author of a new study on the impacts of religious anti-gay prejudice has said. In the new study, published this week in the American Journal of Orthopsychiatry...

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Design Agency ‘Frog’ Redesigns The Dreaded Gynecology Exam

By J Pope

In Contraception, Gynaecology & andrology, Pregnancy choices, Reproductive health, Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)

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co.design, 10.10.17 Cold metal. Eerie clicking sound. Torturous duck-billed shape. Yes, I’m talking about the speculum, the anxiety-inducing device that doctors use to check vaginal health. Despite its status as an instrument of discomfort and its dark history–involving a doctor who experimented on slave women – the speculum remains to this day one of the centerpieces of the often dreaded annual...

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What is going on in gay men’s lives when they acquire HIV?

By J Pope

In Gay Lesbian & Bisexual Health, HIV, LGBTIQ+ issues, Mental health & sexual health

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nam/aidsmap, Published: 08 September 2017 Gay men in England who have recently become HIV positive describe a complex web of factors which may have contributed to their infection, according to a qualitative study recently published in BMJ Open. “Individuals who experienced multiple stressors, gradually over the life course or more suddenly, were especially vulnerable to HIV and being drawn into...

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Abortion Doesn’t Negatively Affect Women’s Mental Health: Study

By J Pope

In Crime and law, Mental health & sexual health, Pregnancy choices, Reproductive health

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TIME, Dec. 14, 2016 The largest and most comprehensive study on the matter reports that women are much more emotionally stressed if they are denied an abortion initially than if they received one upon request. “There are policies and decisions being made with this assumption that abortion harms women’s mental health,” says study author M. Antonia Biggs. Read more here Access journal paper (full...

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Mission Australia’s Annual Youth Survey results, 2016

By J Pope

In Aboriginal Health, Disability, Gay Lesbian & Bisexual Health, Gender & Sex, LGBTIQ+ issues, Mental health & sexual health, Multicultural communities, People Who Inject Drugs / AOD, Young people

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Mission Australia, December 2016 Each year Mission Australia encourages young Australians aged 15-19 to ‘speak up’ about the issues that really concern them through their annual Youth Survey, the largest of its kind. In 2016 they had close to 22,000 respondents. Since its inception 15 years ago, the Youth Survey has become a critical piece of research and is used to inform the agendas of...

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Group interventions key to improving health of older lesbian, bisexual women, study finds

By J Pope

In Gay Lesbian & Bisexual Health, LGBTIQ+ issues

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The results of a US study suggest that group intervention is an effective tool to help aging lesbian and bisexual women improve their overall health behaviours. The study, published today in a supplement to the journal Women’s Health Issues, addresses growing concerns over health disparities amongst women in this demographic, which include elevated levels of stress, anxiety, substance abuse...

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