Presentation by Moira Clunie at Suicide Prevention 2013, a conference in Auckland, New Zealand to mark World Suicide Prevention Day.

1. Stigma and minority stress:
preventing suicide in
rainbow communities
World Suicide Prevention Day: 10 September 2013
Moira Clunie

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4. an umbrella term to describe people
who do not identify as heterosexual,
or do not fit standard gender norms.
"Rainbow"

5. “GLBTI individuals
experience higher levels
of mental health
distress than their
heterosexual
counterparts”

6. “Same/both-sex-attracted
students reported higher
rates of depression, suicide
and self-harm compared to
their opposite-sex-attracted
peers.”

10. “Discrimination and
exclusion are the key
causal factors of LGBTI
mental ill-health and
suicidality”

11. “The health and wellbeing
of same/both sex attracted
students was negatively
affected by their social
environment.”

12. Rates of attempted suicide in young people when supported or
rejected by family (Hillier et al. 2011)

13. Mental health promotion
to strengthen:
-Individual
-Organisations
-Communities
-Whole societies

16. Photo: Kiran Foster.
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license

17. “inform ways to improve
the access to, and
experience of, mental
health and addiction
services to the Rainbow
Community in the ADHB
catchment area.”

18. “strengthen individuals’
self-esteem, self-efficacy,
life and coping skills,
relationship and social
connections”

19. Moira Clunie
moira@mentalhealth.org.nz