Sexual orientation and gender identity: homosexuality and its reflexes on the mental health of medical students from a university in Sergipe

• Autor(a) principal: Ferreira, Danilo Bastos Bispo
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Ferreira, Fernanda Bastos Bispo, Menezes, Camila Costa Santos, Souza Neta, Adozina Marques de, Pessôa, Bianca de Souza Leite, Mattos, Roberta Machado Pimentel Rebello, Pimentel, Déborah
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Debates em Psiquiatria (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://revistardp.org.br/revista/article/view/354
• topic: homossexualidade; depressão; estudantes de medicina; homosexuality; depression; medical students; homosexualidad; depresión; estudiantes de medicina

Introduction: Sexual orientation is understood as an individual's pattern of physical and emotional arousal, including fantasies, behaviors and activities, and the gender(s) to which an individual is physically or sexually attracted. Lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders (LGBT acronym) are part of a minority that suffers a lot of prejudice and is under constant stigma, therefore, they are involved in several stressors. Objective: To estimate the prevalence of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) population in the medical course of a university in Sergipe; to identify possible discomfort regarding sexual orientation in the student body; to detect evidence of depression in the participants according to their sexual orientation; to determine the relationship between discomfort and the academic social relationship. Method: Sample of convenience type with 142 students who signed the Free and Informed Consent Form and answered four questionnaires: a demographic one, Beck Depression Inventory, LGBT Campus Climate Scale and Perceived Social Support Scale. Result: The LGBT minority presented higher levels of acceptance and perception of social support, however, regarding the knowledge of public policies specific to them in the academy, both groups showed lack of knowledge about the subject. Conclusion: It is important to discuss gender and mental health issues, seeking psychological and social support for those who are suffering.