This letter to the Editor points the attention to the fact that the foreseen economic downturn related to the COVID 19 Crisis may lead to an increase to the discrimination of the lgbtiq+ population. This may lead to an increase to the minority streess experienced by this population and, consequently, to mental health difficulties. It supports this warning analysing and reporting data from he first survey on discrimination based on gender, sexual orientation and ethnicity was performed by the Italian National Institute of Statistics in 2011 (ISTAT, 2015) on a sample of about 8,000 individuals aged 18-74 years.
The COVID-19 recession might increase discriminating attitudes toward LGBT people and mental health problems due to minority stress / Mattei, G.; Russo, T.; Addabbo, T.; Galeazzi, G. M.. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY. - ISSN 0020-7640. - (2020), pp. N/A-N/A. [10.1177/0020764020960770]
The COVID-19 recession might increase discriminating attitudes toward LGBT people and mental health problems due to minority stress
Addabbo T.Writing – Original Draft Preparation
;Galeazzi G. M.Writing – Original Draft Preparation
2020-01-01
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This letter to the Editor points the attention to the fact that the foreseen economic downturn related to the COVID 19 Crisis may lead to an increase to the discrimination of the lgbtiq+ population. This may lead to an increase to the minority streess experienced by this population and, consequently, to mental health difficulties. It supports this warning analysing and reporting data from he first survey on discrimination based on gender, sexual orientation and ethnicity was performed by the Italian National Institute of Statistics in 2011 (ISTAT, 2015) on a sample of about 8,000 individuals aged 18-74 years.
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