Prevalence, Sociodemographic Correlates and DSM-5 Substance Use Disorders and Other Psychiatric Disorders among Sexual Minorities in the United States

Highlights • 1.5%, 1.3% and 0.5% of individuals self-identified as gay/lesbian, bisexual and not sure sexual orientations. • Results highlight the need to examine the role of multiple marginalized identities in mental health disparities among SM. • Elevated rates of substance use disorders among SMs...

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Published in:Drug and alcohol dependence 2017-01, Vol.170, p.82-92
Main Authors: Kerridge, Bradley T, Pickering, Roger P, Saha, Tulshi D, Ruan, W.June, Chou, S.Patricia, Zhang, Haitao, Jung, Jeesun, Hasin, Deborah S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alcohols
Behavior disorders
Bisexual
Bisexuality
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
Disorders
Disparities
Drug use
Epidemiology
Female
Gay/lesbian
Gays & lesbians
Gender inequality
Health disparities
Heterosexuality
Homosexuality
Humans
Male
Men
Mens health
Mental disorders
Mental Disorders - diagnosis
Mental Disorders - epidemiology
Mental health
Middle Aged
Minority & ethnic groups
Minority groups
Prevalence
Psychiatric disorders
Psychiatry
Psychopathology
Sex Factors
Sexual and Gender Minorities - psychology
Sexual and Gender Minorities - statistics & numerical data
Sexual behavior
Sexual minorities
Sexual orientation
Sociodemographics
Socioeconomic Factors
Subgroups
Substance use
Substance use disorder
Substance use disorders
Substance-Related Disorders - diagnosis
Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology
United States
Well being
Young Adult
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Summary:Highlights • 1.5%, 1.3% and 0.5% of individuals self-identified as gay/lesbian, bisexual and not sure sexual orientations. • Results highlight the need to examine the role of multiple marginalized identities in mental health disparities among SM. • Elevated rates of substance use disorders among SMs underscore substance use as a coping strategy. • Mental health disparities, especially among bisexual women, were observed.
ISSN:0376-8716
1879-0046
DOI:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.10.038