ArticleAmerican journal of public health2010
The relationship between discrimination and substance use disorders among lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults in the United States.
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- A Systematic Review of Cardiovascular Disease in Sexual Minorities.American journal of public health · 2017Pooled it
- Discrimination and drinking: A systematic review of the evidence.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2016Pooled it
- Minority stress and substance use in sexual minority adolescents: a meta-analysis.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2014Pooled it
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- Multiple Discrimination, Substance-Related Coping, and Depression Among Sexual Minority Men with HIV.Journal of homosexuality · 2026Article
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- Prevalence of Tobacco and Poly-Tobacco Use as a Function of Sexual Orientation Identity and Sex.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025Article
- The relationship between gender identity, economic stressors, social support, concurrent substance use and suicidal ideation.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2025Article
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- Police Harassment and Psychiatric, Sexual, and Substance Use Risk Among Black Sexual Minority Men and Black Transgender Women in the HIV Prevention Trials 061 Cohort.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Binegativity, Childhood Maltreatment, Impulsivity, and Risky Behaviors Among Heavy Drinking Bisexual Women.Journal of bisexuality · 2025Article
- Health Care Stereotype Threat During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Sexual and Gender Minority Individuals.American journal of public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectivesWe examined the associations between 3 types of discrimination (sexual orientation, race, and gender) and substance use disorders in a large national sample in the United States that included 577 lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) adults.
methodsData were collected from wave 2 of the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions, which used structured diagnostic face-to-face interviews.
resultsMore than two thirds of LGB adults reported at least 1 type of discrimination in their lifetimes. Multivariate analyses indicated that the odds of past-year substance use disorders were nearly 4 times greater among LGB adults who reported all 3 types of discrimination prior to the past year than for LGB adults who did not report discrimination (adjusted odds ratio = 3.85; 95% confidence interval = 1.71, 8.66).
conclusionsHealth professionals should consider the role multiple types of discrimination plays in the development and treatment of substance use disorders among LGB adults.
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