Aeysha B Chaudhry1, Sari L Reisner1,2,3,4. 1. 1 Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Massachusetts. 2. 2 Division of General Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. 3. 3 Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston Massachusetts. 4. 4 Epidemiology Division, The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
Abstract
Purpose: This study updates psychiatric epidemiological research by providing recent prevalence estimates of major depression and alcohol and illicit drug abuse or dependence among sexual minority (SM) adults. Methods: Using the 2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, we estimated prevalence differences between SM and heterosexual adults, and within SM subgroups, with logistic regression models. Results: Bisexual adults faced an increased burden across all outcomes compared with other SM adults. Gay males had the highest prevalence of alcohol and illicit drug abuse or dependence. Conclusions: Future research must consider sex differences within SM subgroups for development of targeted interventions.
Purpose: This study updates psychiatric epidemiological research by providing recent prevalence estimates of major depression and alcohol and illicit drug abuse or dependence among sexual minority (SM) adults. Methods: Using the 2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, we estimated prevalence differences between SM and heterosexual adults, and within SM subgroups, with logistic regression models. Results: Bisexual adults faced an increased burden across all outcomes compared with other SM adults. Gay males had the highest prevalence of alcohol and illicit drug abuse or dependence. Conclusions: Future research must consider sex differences within SM subgroups for development of targeted interventions.
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major depressive disorder; mental health; sexual minority; substance abuse disorder
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