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Section 4
Increasing Family Support: How to Help Right Now

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Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, A Practitioner’s Resource Guide: Helping Families to Support Their LGBT Children. HHS Publication No. PEP14-LGBTKIDS. Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2014, p. 11-12.
Reviewed 2023

Update
Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Italian LGBT+ Young Adults' Mental Health:
The Role of Neuroticism and Family Climate

Miscioscia, M., Poli, M., Gubello, A., Simonelli, A., Gatta, M., Gato, J., & Rigo, P. (2022). Influence of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Italian LGBT+ Young Adults' Mental Health: The Role of Neuroticism and Family Climate. International journal of environmental research and public health, 19(23), 15795. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192315795

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article References:
Feinstein, B. A., Wadsworth, L. P., Davila, J., & Goldfried, M. R. (2014). Do parental acceptance and family support moderate associations between dimensions of minority stress and depressive symptoms among lesbians and gay men? Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 45(4), 239–246.

Goodman, J. A., & Israel, T. (2020). An online intervention to promote predictors of supportive parenting for sexual minority youth. Journal of Family Psychology, 34(1), 90–100.

Kaufman, T. M. L., Baams, L., & Dubas, J. S. (2017). Microaggressions and depressive symptoms in sexual minority youth: The roles of rumination and social support. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 4(2), 184–192.

Rosenkrantz, D. E., Rostosky, S. S., Toland, M. D., & Dueber, D. M. (2020). Cognitive-affective and religious values associated with parental acceptance of an LGBT child. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 7(1), 55–65.

Woodford, M. R., Kulick, A., Garvey, J. C., Sinco, B. R., & Hong, J. S. (2018). LGBTQ policies and resources on campus and the experiences and psychological well-being of sexual minority college students: Advancing research on structural inclusion. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 5(4), 445–456. 

QUESTION 4
Given the early ages of coming out and the critical need for family education and guidance, what is a significant barrier to addressing the prevention, care, and support needs of LGBT children and adolescents? To select and enter your answer go to Test.