The Mental Health Needs of Sexual and Gender Minority Collegiate Clients at University Counseling Centers
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| Title: | The Mental Health Needs of Sexual and Gender Minority Collegiate Clients at University Counseling Centers |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Lisa F. Platt (ORCID |
| Source: | Journal of LGBT Youth. 2024 21(2):284-305. |
| Availability: | Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 22 |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Mental Health, Health Needs, LGBTQ People, College Students, Guidance Centers, Racial Differences, Student Characteristics, Minority Group Students, First Generation College Students, Age Differences, Ethnicity, Symptoms (Individual Disorders) |
| DOI: | 10.1080/19361653.2023.2295263 |
| ISSN: | 1936-1653 1936-1661 |
| Abstract: | University counseling centers (UCCs) are an important resource for sexual and gender minority (SM/GM) students as they navigate their college experience. This study investigated the mental health needs of SM/GM collegiate clients in 2020-2021 as compared to the mental health needs of SM/GM collegiate clients in 2012-2015. The analyses also specifically explored the current mental health needs of asexual, pansexual, and gender non-binary collegiate clients. Data were from the Center for Collegiate Mental Health 2012-2015 and 2020-2021 academic years. Results indicate SM/GM identifying collegiate clients in 2020-2021 are younger, more racially diverse, reporting more mental health needs, and utilizing services at UCCs at double or triple the rate as compared to 2012-2015. In 2020-2021, all SM/GM clients had more mental health needs than their non-marginalized peers. Asexual and non-binary clients were demographically similar to their peers, while nearly half of the pansexual clients were racial minority identifying, were more often first-generation, and were younger than their peers. Asexual clients showed acute mental health needs as compared to the other SM groups, whereas pansexual and non-binary students had higher levels of reported symptoms than their respective comparison groups. Implications for UCCs including specialized inclusive services and intentional campus relationships are discussed. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2024 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1418722 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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