Empoderamento da população LGBTQ e sua relação com a saúde mental: uma revisão de escopo

Abstract

Sexual and Gender Minorities (SGM) experience a reality marked by numerous stressors, products of prejudice and stigma, linked to society and its cisheteronormative structures. Mental illness related to SGM is a result of minority stress suffered, especially by the LGBTQ population throughout history. Claiming rights and assuming autonomy over their lives are aspects that reflect the struggle of the LGBTQ population, and are also topics related to the definition of empowerment. Thus, this work aims to map the scientific evidence on the relationship between empowerment and the mental health of the LGBTQ population. This is a scoping review, guided by the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) guidelines and reported using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-analyses - Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-SCR), using the Population, Concept, and Context (PCC) strategy. The strategy's application enabled the identification of 214 publications, and after blind peer review, 26 articles were included in the review. Among the findings, it was possible to highlight the correlation between LGBTQ empowerment and their mental health across various aspects, perspectives, and scopes, enabling a broader understanding of the topic and favoring the development of future studies on LGBTQ health, as well as strategies for its improvement.