ArticlePsychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)2022
Disparities in Mental Health Care Access Among Persons Differing in Sexual Identity: Nationally Representative Findings.
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- Mental Health Treatment Preferences of Sexual Minority Youth and Young Adults: Findings from Three Samples.Psychology of sexual orientation and gender diversity · 2025Article
- Sexual Orientation- and Gender Identity-Affirming Activities Provided in Primary Care.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Considering the interconnected nature of social identities in neuroimaging research.Nature neuroscience · 2025Review
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- Mental health help-seeking willingness among U.S. college students: A resilience factor associated with many sexual minority identities.Psychiatry research · 2024Article
- Who Plays and Who Doesn't? An Intersectional Examination of Disparities in Adolescent Sport and Physical Activity Lesson Participation.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2024Article
- Equity in Digital Mental Health Interventions in the United States: Where to Next?Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment in Sexually and Gender Diverse Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study.The Journal of clinical psychiatry · 2023Article
- A cross-sectional study of the relationship between depression status, health care coverage, and sexual orientation.Discover mental health · 2023Article
- Smoking Intervention Practices in Texas Healthcare Centers with Sexual and Gender Minority Patients.Health behavior and policy review · 2022Article
- Alcohol use, behavioral and mental health help-seeking, and treatment satisfaction among sexual minority women.Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe authors sought to describe disparities in three outcomes: self-reported mental health, need for mental health care, and barriers to care at the intersection of sexual identity and sex.
methodsData from the 2015 Association of American Medical Colleges Consumer Survey of Health Care Access (N=5,932) were analyzed in regression analyses to estimate relationships among sex, sexual identity, and all three outcomes.
resultsCompared with heterosexual men, bisexual women reported the poorest mental health (adjusted prevalence ratio [APR]=0.42, 95% confidence interval [CI]=0.35-0.51) and the greatest number of barriers to care (APR=2.29, 95% CI=1.77-2.97), whereas gay-lesbian women reported the most frequent need for care (APR=1.67, 95% CI=1.28-2.18).
conclusionsThe findings support existing knowledge on health inequities among sexual minority groups and situate these disparities in the context of unequal access to behavioral and mental health care. As such, addressing barriers to care is paramount in efforts to address sexual orientation-related disparities in behavioral and mental health.
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