Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders among Latino and Asian American Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adults

Autor/inn/en	Cochran, Susan D.; Mays, Vickie M.; Alegria, Margarita; Ortega, Alexander N.; Takeuchi, David
Titel	Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders among Latino and Asian American Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Adults
Quelle	In: Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 75 (2007) 5, S.785-794 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-006X
Schlagwörter	Probability; Females; Suicide; Sexual Orientation; Mental Health; Asian Americans; Hispanic Americans; Homosexuality; Substance Abuse; Adults; At Risk Persons; Surveys; Psychiatry; Interviews + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Weibliches Geschlecht; Selbstmord; Sexuelle Orientierung; Psychohygiene; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Homosexualität; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Risikogruppe; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Psychiatrie; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik
Abstract	Growing evidence suggests that lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults may be at elevated risk for mental health and substance use disorders, possibly due to anti-gay stigma. Little of this work has examined putative excess morbidity among ethnic/racial minorities resulting from the experience of multiple sources of discrimination. The authors report findings from the National Latino and Asian American Survey (NLAAS), a national household probability psychiatric survey of 4,488 Latino and Asian American adults. Approximately 4.8% of persons interviewed identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and/or reported recent same-gender sexual experiences. Although few sexual orientation-related differences were observed, among men, gay/bisexual men were more likely than heterosexual men to report a recent suicide attempt. Among women, lesbian/bisexual women were more likely than heterosexual women to evidence positive 1-year and lifetime histories of depressive disorders. These findings suggest a small elevation in psychiatric morbidity risk among Latino and Asian American individuals with a minority sexual orientation. However, the level of morbidity among sexual orientation minorities in the NLAAS appears similar to or lower than that observed in population-based studies of lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10