ArticleJournal of abnormal psychology2009
Burden of psychiatric morbidity among lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals in the California Quality of Life Survey.
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103 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Exploring the global prevalence of mood and anxiety disorders in LGBTIQ+ people: A systematic review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Lesbian and Gay Population, Work Experience, and Well-Being: A Ten-Year Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Pooled it
- Sexual orientation concealment and mental health: A conceptual and meta-analytic review.Psychological bulletin · 2020Pooled it
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- A transdiagnostic minority stress intervention for gender diverse sexual minority women's depression, anxiety, and unhealthy alcohol use: A randomized controlled trial.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2020Trial
- Drink goal difficulty effect on outcomes in moderation-based alcohol treatment for sexual minority men.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2020Trial
- A daily diary study of stressful and positive events, alcohol use, and addiction severity among heavy drinking sexual minority men.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2018Trial
- A tailored compassion-focused therapy program for sexual minority young adults with depressive symotomatology: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.BMC psychology · 2017Trial
- LGB-affirmative cognitive-behavioral therapy for young adult gay and bisexual men: A randomized controlled trial of a transdiagnostic minority stress approach.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2015Trial
- Symptoms of anxiety and depression in lesbian couples treated with donated sperm: a descriptive study.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2013Trial
- The Burden of Intersecting Internalized Homophobia and Internalized HIV Stigma Can Exacerbate Depression Symptoms Among Gay Men Living with HIV in Türkiye.Archives of sexual behavior · 2026Article
- Clinical presentations and treatment outcomes between bi+, gay/lesbian, and heterosexual adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder.The American journal of orthopsychiatry · 2026Article
- Minority Stress, Mental Health, and Mindfulness and Self-Compassion as Moderators among Young Sexual Minority Men: A Moderated Structural Equation Analysis.Journal of contextual behavioral science · 2024Article
- "There's a lot of conflict between your queer identity and also your Muslim or Arab identity;" A qualitative exploration of the intersectional minority stressors of U.S.-born Arab sexual minority cisgender men.SSM. Qualitative research in health · 2024Article
- Assessing attitudes toward LGB people in young adolescents.PloS one · 2024Article
- Individual-Level Psychosocial Resiliencies as Mediators of the Relationship Between Internalized Homophobia and Depressive Symptoms Among Middle-Aged and Older Men Living With and Without HIV.AIDS and behavior · 2023Article
- Development and Validation of the Military Minority Stress Scale.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Social Safety Theory: Conceptual foundation, underlying mechanisms, and future directions.Health psychology review · 2023Article
- Physical-mental health and awareness of HIV/STIs among men who have sex with men in selected cities of India.BMC public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
In recent population-based surveys, minority sexual orientation has been identified as a potential risk indicator for psychiatric morbidity. However, methodological limitations in the studies to date have led to concerns that current estimates are biased due to inadequate measurement of sexual orientation and uncontrolled confounding from prevalent HIV infection. In the present study, the authors investigate associations between sexual orientation and mental health/substance use morbidity using information obtained from 2,272 individuals, including 652 sexual orientation minorities, age 18 to 72 years, interviewed in the California Quality of Life Survey. Results confirm that minority sexual orientation is a risk indicator for psychiatric morbidity. However, levels of increased risk vary within this subpopulation by both gender and patterns of sexual orientation expression. Among gay/bisexual men, much of this greater burden is related to concurrent HIV infection. Reducing excess mental health morbidity risk among sexual orientation minorities could result in possibly a 5% to 11% reduction in the burden of the disorders assessed here among the adult population. Sexual orientation represents an important, but relatively understudied, individual characteristic shaping risk for psychiatric morbidity.
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