Explaining effective mental health support for LGBTQ+ youth: a meta-narrative review

McDermott, E, Eastham, R, Hughes, E, Pattinson, E, Johnson, K, Davis, S ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9296-8793, Pryjmachuk, S, Mateus, C and Jenzen, O, 2021. Explaining effective mental health support for LGBTQ+ youth: a meta-narrative review. SSM - Mental Health, 1: 100004. ISSN 2666-5603

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Abstract

This meta-narrative review on mental health early intervention support for LGBTQ+ ​youth aimed to develop a theoretical framework to explain effective mental health support. Using the RAMESES standards for meta-narrative reviews, we identified studies from database searches and citation-tracking. Data extraction and synthesis was conducted through conceptual coding in Atlas.ti. in two stages: 1) conceptual mapping of the meta-narratives; 2) comparing the key concepts across the meta-narratives to produce a theoretical framework. In total, 2951 titles and abstracts were screened and 200 full papers reviewed. 88 studies were included in the final review. Stage 1 synthesis identified three meta-narratives - psychological, psycho-social, and social/youth work. Stage 2 synthesis resulted in a non-pathological theoretical framework for mental health support that acknowledged the intersectional aspects of LGBTQ+ ​youth lives, and placed youth at the centre of their own mental health care. The study of LGBTQ+ ​youth mental health has largely occurred independently across a range of disciplines such as psychology, sociology, public health, social work and youth studies. The interdisciplinary theoretical framework produced indicates that effective early intervention mental health support for LGBTQ+ ​youth must prioritise addressing normative environments that marginalises youth, LGBTQ+ ​identities and mental health problems.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	SSM - Mental Health
Creators:	McDermott, E., Eastham, R., Hughes, E., Pattinson, E., Johnson, K., Davis, S., Pryjmachuk, S., Mateus, C. and Jenzen, O.
Publisher:	Elsevier BV
Date:	December 2021
Volume:	1
ISSN:	2666-5603
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1016/j.ssmmh.2021.100004 DOI S2666560321000049 Publisher Item Identifier 1480184 Other
Rights:	©2021 Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Linda Sullivan
Date Added:	20 Oct 2021 08:11
Last Modified:	06 Jan 2022 13:16
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/44476

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