Substance abuse and mental health disparities: Comparisons across sexual identity groups in a national sample of young Australian women

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 824-831

  Hughes, Tonda ^a   Szalacha, Laura A ^b   McNair, Ruth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Bisexual; Health disparities; Lesbian; Mental health; Sexual identity; Sexual minority; Substance abuse; Women

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; ILLICIT DRUG;

GENDER IDENTITY; MENTAL HEALTH; MINORITY GROUP; SEXUALITY; WOMENS HEALTH; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BISEXUALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MENTAL HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENTAL DISORDERS; MINORITY GROUPS; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALITY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

AUSTRALIA;

CANNABIS SATIVA;

EID: 77955088869     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.05.009     Document Type: Article

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