Elizabeth McDermott | |
---|---|
Alma mater | Lancaster University |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Lancaster University |
Thesis | Hidden injuries, happy lives? : the influence of lesbian identity and social class on wellbeing (2002) |
Elizabeth McDermott is a Professor of Health Inequality at Lancaster University, in England. Her research considers mental health inequality, with a focus on gender, social class and young people.
McDermott earned her doctoral degree at the Lancaster University, where she studied the influence of lesbian identity and social class on wellbeing. [1] She was a postdoctoral researcher on a project that looked to understand how people affected by cancer understood end of life issues. [2]
In 2006 McDermott joined the University of York as an Assistant Professor. [3] She returned to Lancaster University in 2013. From 2014 McDermott led the Department of Health and Social Care study into LGBT youth suicide. [4] [5] The research programme looked to understand why LGBT young people have a higher risk of suicide than their heterosexual counterparts. [5] The programme came to be known as Queer Futures, [6] and identified that 70% of young people have experienced discrimination or bullying related to their sexual orientation. [7] She also identified that 4 out of 5 young people hid their sexual orientation or gender identity, and those that hide their gender identity are almost two times as likely to self-harm. [8] [7] The study contributed to the SAGE Encyclopaedia of LGBTQ Studies. [9] The LBGT youth suicide project expanded into the National Institute for Health Research Queer Futures 2, [10] which looks to improve the mental health provision for LGBT young people. [11] Queer Futures 2 partnered with The Blueprint study, which looked at community-based mental health provision. [12] [13] McDermott has worked with the National Health Service to implement findings based on her research, including LGBT awareness training, remarking that ‘We need to provide safe and non-judgemental environments for young people to talk about their sexualities, and mental health services outside the clinical environment’. [14]
McDermot serves on the board of trustees of the Consortium of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Voluntary and Community Organisations. [15]
Her publications include;
{{
cite book}}
: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (
link){{
cite book}}
: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (
link) CS1 maint: others (
link)
Elizabeth McDermott | |
---|---|
Alma mater | Lancaster University |
Scientific career | |
Institutions | Lancaster University |
Thesis | Hidden injuries, happy lives? : the influence of lesbian identity and social class on wellbeing (2002) |
Elizabeth McDermott is a Professor of Health Inequality at Lancaster University, in England. Her research considers mental health inequality, with a focus on gender, social class and young people.
McDermott earned her doctoral degree at the Lancaster University, where she studied the influence of lesbian identity and social class on wellbeing. [1] She was a postdoctoral researcher on a project that looked to understand how people affected by cancer understood end of life issues. [2]
In 2006 McDermott joined the University of York as an Assistant Professor. [3] She returned to Lancaster University in 2013. From 2014 McDermott led the Department of Health and Social Care study into LGBT youth suicide. [4] [5] The research programme looked to understand why LGBT young people have a higher risk of suicide than their heterosexual counterparts. [5] The programme came to be known as Queer Futures, [6] and identified that 70% of young people have experienced discrimination or bullying related to their sexual orientation. [7] She also identified that 4 out of 5 young people hid their sexual orientation or gender identity, and those that hide their gender identity are almost two times as likely to self-harm. [8] [7] The study contributed to the SAGE Encyclopaedia of LGBTQ Studies. [9] The LBGT youth suicide project expanded into the National Institute for Health Research Queer Futures 2, [10] which looks to improve the mental health provision for LGBT young people. [11] Queer Futures 2 partnered with The Blueprint study, which looked at community-based mental health provision. [12] [13] McDermott has worked with the National Health Service to implement findings based on her research, including LGBT awareness training, remarking that ‘We need to provide safe and non-judgemental environments for young people to talk about their sexualities, and mental health services outside the clinical environment’. [14]
McDermot serves on the board of trustees of the Consortium of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Voluntary and Community Organisations. [15]
Her publications include;
{{
cite book}}
: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (
link){{
cite book}}
: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (
link) CS1 maint: others (
link)