@article{ref1,
title="Mental health and substance use disorders among Latino and Asian American lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults",
journal="Journal of consulting and clinical psychology",
year="2007",
author="Cochran, S. D. and Mays, V. M. and Alegria, Margarita and Ortega, Alexander N. and Takeuchi, David",
volume="75",
number="5",
pages="785-794",
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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-006X",
doi="10.1037/0022-006X.75.5.785",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0022-006X.75.5.785"
}