On days when youth in the LGBTQ+ community reported more external and internal identity-related stressors, they also reported more intense thoughts of suicide and non-suicidal self-injury, data showed.
“All of us experience stress, like when we’re running late and stuck in traffic, or when we need to deliver a big presentation,” Ethan H. Mereish, PhD, MA, an associate professor and director of the Lavender Lab in the department of psychology at the University of Maryland in College Park, said in a press release. “But on top of those general stressors, LGBTQ+ people