Nursing Care Offered to A Teenager at Risk of Gender Dysphoria and Suicide: A Community Mental Health and Public Health Nursing Approach

Abstract

Young people who are gender dysphoria are often at risk for certain psychosocial problems as well as being victims of discrimination and stigmatization. Such problems include issues such as social isolation, social withdrawal, loneliness, dropping out of school, tendency to crime, substance abuse, and being subject to violence. It is thought that all these problems are especially important in personal and social lives of young people living in societies where traditional gender roles have been conserved. In this study, it was aimed to offer holistic nursing care interventions to a 17-year-old male person who stated that he had wanted to commit suicide and been subject to homophobic attitudes because of the confusion about his gender.

Keywords

• Gender dysphoria
• suicide risk
• youth
• nursing

Cinsiyet Hoşnutsuzluğu ve İntihar Riski Olan Bir Gence Sunulan Hemşirelik Bakımı: Toplum Ruh Sağlığı ve Halk Sağlığı Hemşireliği Yaklaşımı

Abstract

Cinsiyet hoşnutsuzluğu olan gençler, genellikle belirli psikososyal problemler için risk altındadır ve ayrıca ayrımcılık ve damgalanmaya maruz kalırlar. Bu sorunlar arasında sosyal izolasyon, sosyal geri çekilme, yalnızlık, okulu bırakma, suça eğilim, madde kullanımı, şiddete maruz kalma gibi sorunlar yer almaktadır. Tüm bu sorunların özellikle geleneksel cinsiyet rollerinin korunduğu toplumlarda yaşayan gençlerin kişisel ve sosyal yaşamlarında önemli olduğu düşünülmektedir. Bu çalışmada intihar etmek istediğini belirten ve cinsiyet hoşnutsuzluğu nedeniyle homofobik tutumlara maruz kalan 17 yaşındaki erkek bireye bütüncül hemşirelik bakım girişimlerinin sunulması amaçlanmıştır.

Keywords

• Cinsiyet hoşnutsuzluğu
• intihar riski
• genç
• hemşirelik

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