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Mental health and suicide risk among homosexual males in Bangladesh
BACKGROUND: Homosexual individuals are at high risk of suicide, but there is a shortage of data from developing countries to confirm this. Estimates on mental health and suicide risk among male homosexuals in Bangladesh are needed to generate awareness and to plan services accordingly. METHOD: We as...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10426927/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37582101 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0289597 |
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author | Mozumder, Muhammad Kamruzzaman Jasmine, Umme Habiba Haque, Md. Ashikul Haque, Shamsul |
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description | BACKGROUND: Homosexual individuals are at high risk of suicide, but there is a shortage of data from developing countries to confirm this. Estimates on mental health and suicide risk among male homosexuals in Bangladesh are needed to generate awareness and to plan services accordingly. METHOD: We assessed mental health and suicidal behavior of 102 self-identified homosexual males from a community-based organization that works with the sexual minority population. RESULTS: One-third of the participants (32.4%) had experienced attempted suicide, and almost half (47.1%) had a history of suicidal ideation and self-harm (40.2%). Compared to a heterosexual sample, homosexual males had poorer mental health as they scored higher on Beck Hopelessness Scale (Cohen’s d = 0.29) and General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) (Cohen’s d = 0.57). The results revealed positive correlations between self-harm, suicidal ideation and suicide attempt scores. Participants with history of suicide attempt, suicide ideation and self-harm reported worse general health, more social dysfunction, and severe depression than those without such history. CONCLUSION: Suicidality and mental health conditions among homosexual males in Bangladesh have appeared to be alarming. Given the concerns, we offer some recommendations for practitioners and social workers who are serving this population in Bangladesh. |
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spelling | pubmed-104269272023-08-16 Mental health and suicide risk among homosexual males in Bangladesh Mozumder, Muhammad Kamruzzaman Jasmine, Umme Habiba Haque, Md. Ashikul Haque, Shamsul PLoS One Research Article BACKGROUND: Homosexual individuals are at high risk of suicide, but there is a shortage of data from developing countries to confirm this. Estimates on mental health and suicide risk among male homosexuals in Bangladesh are needed to generate awareness and to plan services accordingly. METHOD: We assessed mental health and suicidal behavior of 102 self-identified homosexual males from a community-based organization that works with the sexual minority population. RESULTS: One-third of the participants (32.4%) had experienced attempted suicide, and almost half (47.1%) had a history of suicidal ideation and self-harm (40.2%). Compared to a heterosexual sample, homosexual males had poorer mental health as they scored higher on Beck Hopelessness Scale (Cohen’s d = 0.29) and General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) (Cohen’s d = 0.57). The results revealed positive correlations between self-harm, suicidal ideation and suicide attempt scores. Participants with history of suicide attempt, suicide ideation and self-harm reported worse general health, more social dysfunction, and severe depression than those without such history. CONCLUSION: Suicidality and mental health conditions among homosexual males in Bangladesh have appeared to be alarming. Given the concerns, we offer some recommendations for practitioners and social workers who are serving this population in Bangladesh. Public Library of Science 2023-08-15 /pmc/articles/PMC10426927/ /pubmed/37582101 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0289597 Text en © 2023 Mozumder et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Mozumder, Muhammad Kamruzzaman Jasmine, Umme Habiba Haque, Md. Ashikul Haque, Shamsul Mental health and suicide risk among homosexual males in Bangladesh |
title | Mental health and suicide risk among homosexual males in Bangladesh |
title_full | Mental health and suicide risk among homosexual males in Bangladesh |
title_fullStr | Mental health and suicide risk among homosexual males in Bangladesh |
title_full_unstemmed | Mental health and suicide risk among homosexual males in Bangladesh |
title_short | Mental health and suicide risk among homosexual males in Bangladesh |
title_sort | mental health and suicide risk among homosexual males in bangladesh |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10426927/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37582101 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0289597 |
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