Psychol Med. 2021 Jul;51(9):1581-1586. doi: 10.1017/S0033291721001264. Epub 2021 May 14.
No published data is currently available on mental health symptoms and suicidality in Iranian gay men - a population facing serious legal threats including capital punishment.
The present study provides initial data on this topic by assessing mental health symptoms (SCL-90) and suicidality (BSSI) in N = 213 gay men in Tehran, Iran.
Last-week mental health symptoms were severe in 4.2% of gay men, moderate in 7.5%, minor in 27.7%, and absent in 61.6% of Iranian gay men. Regarding last-week suicidality: 1.9% were highly likely to attempt suicide, 7.5% reported having threatened to commit suicide, 19.7% reported suicidal ideation, and 80.28% revealed no suicidality. Last-week mental health symptoms and last-week suicidality were correlated in gay men to a high degree.
When descriptively comparing the SCL-90 and BSSI scores with those in the general Iranian population reported in previous studies, gay men reported more serious mental health symptoms, and more suicidal ideation, threats, and attempts. The decriminalization of same-sex sexual encounters and accepting social attitudes towards gay men are needed in Iran to help improve this population's mental health and reduce their suicidality.
目前尚无关于伊朗男同性恋者心理健康症状和自杀倾向的公开数据——这一人群面临着包括死刑在内的严重法律威胁。
本研究通过评估 213 名伊朗德黑兰男同性恋者的心理健康症状（SCL-90）和自杀倾向（BSSI），初步提供了该主题的数据。
上周，4.2%的男同性恋者心理健康症状严重，7.5%中度，27.7%轻度，61.6%无心理健康症状。至于上周的自杀倾向：1.9%的人极有可能试图自杀，7.5%的人有过自杀威胁，19.7%的人有过自杀意念，80.28%的人没有自杀倾向。上周的心理健康症状和上周的自杀倾向在男同性恋者中高度相关。
当将 SCL-90 和 BSSI 评分与之前研究中报告的伊朗普通人群的评分进行描述性比较时，男同性恋者报告了更严重的心理健康症状和更多的自杀意念、威胁和尝试。伊朗需要将同性性行为非刑事化并接受同性恋者的社会态度，以帮助改善这一人群的心理健康状况并降低其自杀倾向。
