Sexual minority status and psychotic symptoms: Findings from the Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Studies (NEMESIS)

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 421-433

  Gevonden, M J ^a,b,c   Selten, J P ^a,b   Myin Germeys, I ^a   De Graaf, R ^d   Ten Have, M ^d   Van Dorsselaer, S ^d   Van Os, J ^a,e   Veling, W ^a,f  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Rivierduinen   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f PARNASSIA PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Epidemiology; Homosexuality; Minority stress; Psychosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BISEXUALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890665261     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291713000718     Document Type: Article

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