USA Today (10/16, Alltucker) reports a new survey of LGBTQ+ teens and young adults issued by the Trevor Project found that “68% had anxiety and 54% had symptoms of depression. Those were both increases over 57% who reported anxiety and 48% who had depression when the survey launched in September 2023.” The survey, comprising nearly 1,700 youths between the ages of 13 to 24 and “focused on suicide prevention, also found suicide ideation grew from 41% to 47% over the one-year period while suicide attempts decreased from 11% to 7%.” The results also indicated that “suicide attempts were higher than estimates for cisgender heterosexual peers. Transgender, nonbinary, and gender-questioning youth and survey participants aged 13 to 17 had the poorest mental health and highest risk for suicide, the survey said.”
Psychiatric News (10/16) also provides coverage.
Related Links:
— “Mental health worsens over one year for LGBTQ+ youth, survey finds,”Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, October 16, 2025