Substance Use and Mental Health Disparities among Sexual Minority Girls: Results from the Pittsburgh Girls Study

Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-18

  Marshal, Michael P ^a,b   Sucato, Gina ^b   Stepp, Stephanie D ^b   Hipwell, Alison ^b   Smith, Helen A ^a,b   Friedman, Mark S ^a   Chung, Tammy ^b   Markovic, Nina ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent mental health disparities; Adolescent substance use; LGBT health; Sexual minority girls

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CONDUCT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MINORITY GROUP; OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANT DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL MINORITY GIRL; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MINORITY GROUPS; PENNSYLVANIA; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84855326676     PISSN: 10833188     EISSN: 18734332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpag.2011.06.011     Document Type: Article

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