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Willem Stander @willemjstander.bsky.social · Aug 13

Exciting news: our NIHR-funded COLLAGE study is now officially underway at @imh-uob.bsky.social, exploring how care-experienced young people in England seek mental health support.

We’re also thrilled to welcome @errwallace.bsky.social to the research team! 🌈🧠

www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/na...

New study to explore how care-experienced young people seek mental health support - University of Birmingham

NIHR-funded research project will explore barriers and resources for young people seeking mental health support in England.

www.birmingham.ac.uk

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Emma Rebecca Wallace @errwallace.bsky.social · Aug 8

🔚 Bottom line:

LGBTQA+ students face significantly higher risks for mental health disorders and suicidality.
Prevention starts with inclusion, safety, and support — at home and on campus.

Read the full study here 👉 doi.org/10.1186/s128...
#MentalHealthMatters

Mental health disorders, childhood adversities, and recent stressors as risk factors for non-suicidal self-injury, and suicidality among LGBTQA + higher education students - BMC Public Health

Background Prevalence rates of mental health disorders, non-suicidal self-injury and suicidality among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Asexual (LGBTQA+) higher education students are co...

doi.org

Emma Rebecca Wallace @errwallace.bsky.social · Aug 8

🏫 Educational settings can play a key role in harm reduction

The study calls for:
✅ Inclusive policies
✅ Trauma-informed mental health support
✅ Anti-bullying interventions
✅ Early screening & support

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Emma Rebecca Wallace @errwallace.bsky.social · Aug 8

📌 What predicts suicide attempts in LGBTQA+ students?

According to multivariate analysis:

Childhood trauma
Recent bullying
Self-harm

are all major risk factors — even more than depression or PTSD alone.

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Emma Rebecca Wallace @errwallace.bsky.social · Aug 8

⚠️ Critically, LGBTQA+ students began experiencing depression and suicidal thoughts around age 12–13, earlier than heterosexual peers

This underlines the imperative for early intervention

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Emma Rebecca Wallace @errwallace.bsky.social · Aug 8

🏠 Childhood adversities were strikingly common:

Physical abuse (6.3% vs 1.6%)
Emotional abuse (11.7% vs 2.6%)
Parental mental illness (11.1% vs 5.7%)
LGBTQA+ students were also less likely to feel emotionally close to family

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Emma Rebecca Wallace @errwallace.bsky.social · Aug 8

🧠 51% of LGBTQA+ students had experienced probable PTSD

⚠️ 46.6% reported lifetime suicidal ideation

💔 14.2% had attempted suicide in their lifetime

These rates are significantly higher than for heterosexual students of the same age

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Emma Rebecca Wallace @errwallace.bsky.social · Aug 8

📊 Key findings:

LGBTQA+ students were:

2x more likely to experience depression

2x more likely to engage in self-harm

3x more likely to have made a suicide plan
compared to heterosexual peers

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Emma Rebecca Wallace @errwallace.bsky.social · Aug 8

🚨 New research out today in BMC Public Health reveals concerning mental health disparities among LGBTQA+ higher education students in Northern Ireland & Republic of Ireland.

Link to study: doi.org/10.1186/s128...

🗣️Read more about our findings below:

Mental health disorders, childhood adversities, and recent stressors as risk factors for non-suicidal self-injury, and suicidality among LGBTQA + higher education students - BMC Public Health

Background Prevalence rates of mental health disorders, non-suicidal self-injury and suicidality among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Asexual (LGBTQA+) higher education students are co...

doi.org

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Emma Rebecca Wallace @errwallace.bsky.social · Jul 2

If you are attending the International Society of Critical Health Psychology conference this week in Galway, come along to the O’hEocha Theatre on Friday at 2:30pm.

I'll be discussing the impact of 'negotiating multiple minoritised identities' with trans and gender-diverse youth in N.Ireland👇

Emma Rebecca Wallace @errwallace.bsky.social · Apr 14

We’ve just published our first paper with @psyarxivbot.bsky.social

Our qualitative (IPA) paper explores the complex intersection of sexual orientation, gender identity, and suicidality among transgender and gender-diverse young people in Northern Ireland.

Read it here: doi.org/10.31234/osf...

OSF

doi.org

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · May 15

Trans+ legal experts warn Supreme Court ruling could breach human rights as 60+ attend Parliament briefing

www.attitude.co.uk/news/trans-l...

Trans+ legal experts warn Supreme Court ruling could breach human rights as 60+ attend Parliament briefing

"It is essential that MPs oppose any rollback of trans rights," said Nadia Whittome MP at last night's briefing, addressing 60 people including MPs, Lords and parliamentary staff

www.attitude.co.uk

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · May 15

NEW: The Cass Review into UK trans healthcare is 'deeply flawed', containing biased research, outdated data, and manipulated evidence, an international team of experts has said

Read more on this story: www.thenational.scot/news/2516682...

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Emma Rebecca Wallace @errwallace.bsky.social · May 15

Paper accepted at BMC Public Health this week 🙂

'Mental health disorders, childhood adversities, and recent stressors as risk factors for non-suicidal self-injury and suicidality among LGBTQA+ higher education students'.

Thanks to co-authors - paper coming soon! 👀

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Emma Rebecca Wallace @errwallace.bsky.social · May 15

Hi Willem, I’ve just dropped you an email about this and whether the post is flexible with hybrid/remote working. Very interested!

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Scott @scottcuthbertson.bsky.social · May 14

I’ll tell you what I see when I look at the #RainbowMap 2025, which was published this morning, an absolute failure of government.

The UK once stood proudly at the top of Europe on LGBTI legal equality. Now we’ve slipped into the yellow.

Well done to all the countries continuing to make progress.

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Alfonso Pezzella @alfpezzella.bsky.social · May 7

New Publication Alert 📢

I am proud to share my latest publication where we explored how school practices across 13 European countries impact the mental health of sexual and gender minority (SGM) youth.

🔗 Read the full article: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

#lgbtqi #mentalhealth #inclusion

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TransHealthNow @dadtrans.bsky.social · Apr 26

Practical things you can do as a Cis ally:

- Write to your MP
- Protest
- Give funds to Trans led advocacy groups
- Use whatever social capital you have to support your workplace, your kids schools, your communities to resist the erasure of Trans people from public life.

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Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk · Apr 26

Another update to the map of protests against the Supreme Court judgement

(Green markers for completed demos, red for upcoming)

www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/e...

I make that 72 protests and counting now

Keep following and supporting @whatthetrans.com for updates

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Hilary Causer @drhilarycauser.bsky.social · Apr 10

There is still plenty of time to apply for our FUNDED #PhD opportunities in the School of Health Sciences at @uniofsurrey.bsky.social
If you are interested in women nurses experiences of #Whistleblowing or #Bullying take a look.
Closing date 11th May.
www.surrey.ac.uk/fees-and-fun...

Studentships | University of Surrey

Browse our frequently updated list of self-funded to fully-funded studentships open for applications.

www.surrey.ac.uk

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Willem Stander @willemjstander.bsky.social · Apr 8

Funded PhD opportunity about LGBTQ+ people & adult social care with an incredible supervisory team at the University of Bristol consisting of Profs @jasonschaub.bsky.social & David Abbott. Applications due 15/05/25 with PhD starting September 2025. More info here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMP621/p...

PhD Studentship: LGBTQ+ people and adult social care at University of Bristol

Discover a PhD Studentship: LGBTQ+ people and adult social care on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other PhD opportunities.

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Emma Rebecca Wallace @errwallace.bsky.social · Apr 14

Thanks to my wonderful supervisors and co-authors @profsiobhanon.bsky.social and @susanlagdon.bsky.social

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Emma Rebecca Wallace @errwallace.bsky.social · Apr 14

We’ve just published our first paper with @psyarxivbot.bsky.social

Our qualitative (IPA) paper explores the complex intersection of sexual orientation, gender identity, and suicidality among transgender and gender-diverse young people in Northern Ireland.

Read it here: doi.org/10.31234/osf...

OSF

doi.org

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Emma Rebecca Wallace @errwallace.bsky.social · Mar 18

Ah thank you. Best of luck with your ethics assignment!

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Emma Rebecca Wallace @errwallace.bsky.social · Mar 18

Thanks so much for highlighting this Madi. Protective factors, particularly individual and community strengths and resiliency are so often over-shadowed. Glad we could emphasise this in our scoping review. Of course, we wish LGBTQ+ young people did not need this resiliency in the first place! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Madi Thompson Smith, APC 🌈 @mthompsoncounseling.com · Mar 18

This is so important! The article describes minority resilience as protection against suicide in LGBTQ+ youth. The minority resilience included self-affirmation, involvement in activism, and queer friendships and peer support.

Emma Rebecca Wallace @errwallace.bsky.social · Nov 19

📣 Publication: A systematic scoping review on risk and protective factors for suicidality among LGBTQ+ young people

➡️ The first review to use the socio-ecological model to understand these factors

➡️ And, an intersectional lens to examine within-group differences

👇👇

doi.org/10.1002/jad....

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Causeway Pride @causewaypride.bsky.social · Mar 3

The Executive Ban isn't just about puberty blockers but about the systemic failure of Stormont to cater to LGBTQ community needs...

Not one single mention of LGBTQ people in the new Programme for Government.

PRIDE IS A PROTEST! And we will continue to use it to call their failures out!

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