Burden of Psychiatric Morbidity Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Individuals in the California Quality of Life Survey

Journal of Abnormal Psychology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 647-658

  Cochran, Susan D ^a   Mays, Vickie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; depression; population attributable risk; sexual orientation; substance dependency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CAUCASIAN; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HISPANIC; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; LESBIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; PANIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68949170847     PISSN: 0021843X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016501     Document Type: Article

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