Mental health and substance use disorders among Latino and Asian American lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults.
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- 1 January 2007
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
- Vol. 75 (5), 785-794
- https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-006x.75.5.785
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.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Institute of Mental Health (MH 61774, MH 62209; MH 62207)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (DA 15539)
- National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (MD P60-000508)
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
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