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Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) individuals experience high levels of minority stress, as well as a high prevalence of suicidality and self-harm. The current study investigates if emotion regulation mediates the relationships of minority stressors with self-harm and suicidality. TGD adult primary care patients (N = 115) completed a survey including measures of minority stressors, emotion dysregulation, self-harm, and suicidality. Emotion regulation mediated the relationship between victimisation and suicidality. Emotion regulation did not mediate the relationship between victimisation and self-harm. TGD individuals' suicide risk may be increased when they experience victimisation through increased emotion dysregulation.
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This chapter discusses key conceptual and practical issues related to psychological interventions in a global context. The foundations section reviews the need for mental health services globally, highlighting the potential for psychologists to apply their knowledge and skills around the world and the competencies needed for such work. It highlights the need for psychologists and psychological interventions worldwide. The chapter considers ethical issues, cultural competencies, and the World Health Organization's core competencies in global mental health. In the Applications section, the chapter highlights diverse pathways to care and clinical service settings, such as health care settings, schools, families, and communities. It discusses levels of intervention (i.e., treatment, prevention, strengths-based) and points out emergent areas of global concern in need of psychological interventions, such as the climate crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic. Along the way, the chapter showcases eight diverse examples of intervention work in international psychology. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)