According to NBC News (8/3, Lovelace), a research letter published online June 5 in JAMA Pediatrics revealed that “fewer than one in three mental health facilities in the United States offered services specifically designed for LGBTQ patients – such as coming out support, counseling on sexual orientation and gender-affirming therapy – for children and adolescents in 2020.” What’s more, “on a per capita basis, all 50 states had fewer than 10 facilities with LGBTQ services per 100,000 children.” The study’s lead author “said the number of mental health facilities in the U.S. that are trained to serve LGBTQ youth has barely budged over a six-year period, increasing from 25% of all facilities in 2014 to just 28% in 2020.”
Related Links:
— “LGBTQ teens often struggle to find mental health care tailored to them,”Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, August 3, 2023