Beyondblue wants you
National depression initiative beyondblue is calling on LGBTIs who are over 18 to take part in In My Shoes, an online community research forum on depression and anxiety among LGBTI people.
Beyondblue CEO Dawn O鈥橬eil said there was ample evidence that discrimination faced by LGBTI people resulted in higher levels of depression, anxiety and other mental illnesses.
鈥淚n response to this, beyondblue is developing a campaign to highlight the impact of discrimination on mental health and to help tackle discrimination, homophobia and transphobia in our society,鈥� O鈥橬eil said.
In My Shoes is being undertaken in consultation with a reference group including the National LGBTI Health Alliance, the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, Melbourne University鈥檚 Department of General Practice, ACON, blueVoices, JOY 94.9, and the Tasmanian Department of Health and Human Services. Market research company Latitude Insights will undertake qualitative research.
In My Shoes will be a space where people aged 18 and over can share their stories, thoughts and opinions anonymously. Beyondblue plans to run separate, face-to-face focus groups with people aged between 16 and 18.
Participants will be asked to complete a short online questionnaire and from those around 100 people will be invited to participate in the online forum.
The forum will last for six weeks. Participants may withdraw at any time and have their data withdrawn should they wish to.
New discussion topics will be posted approximately three times a week and participants will be asked to log in twice a week to contribute to the discussion.
鈥淚t is important to us that we understand the nuances of how discrimination affects people鈥檚 experiences of depression and anxiety so we can develop a campaign which targets this discrimination and reaches out to people who need assistance to improve their mental health,鈥� O鈥橬eil said.
INFO:
After the rubbish that came out of Kennett’s mouth last week, I will not be giving this organisation any time (or money) until Kennett either retracts his comments or resigns (or is sacked).
Beyond Blue is simply not serious about depression in my view.
If your Chairman of your Board who is your spokesperson, who is your Ambassador, says employing a gay man is like employing a paedophile, then you have a huge credibility problem.
I simply cannot accept Beyond Blue is at all genuine. When information about our community is misused, for political homophobia, then I simply cannot trust Beyond Blue.
Get rid of Kennett, there’s your first step towards alleviating depression!
curious how this has arisen a week after the backlash at Kennetts comments