Paved with good intentions: How our systems intersect to create health disparities for multiply marginalized youth

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AbstractBackgroundYouth who hold multiply marginalized identities often experience barriers in accessing care following psychiatric hospitalizationMethodologyThe following commentary piece shares a case amalgamation from a multidisciplinary gender clinic in a tertiary care children's hospital which illustrates the myriad of ways that our current mental healthcare systems fail to connect youth efficiently and effectively to the evidence‐based, culturally relevant, and affirming care that they require, particularly youth experiencing overlapping systems of discrimination and disadvantage.ConclusionsThis piece highlights the inaccessibility of dialectical behavior therapy for multiply marginalized youth, and outlines suggestions for improving access to high‐quality care for minoritized youth engaging in suicidal behavior.