A comparison of the mental health and well-being of sexual minority and heterosexual first-year medical students: A report from the medical student CHANGE study

Academic Medicine

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 652-659

  Przedworski, Julia M ^a   Dovidio, John F ^b   Hardeman, Rachel R ^c   Phelan, Sean M ^d   Burke, Sara E ^b   Ruben, Mollie A ^e   Perry, Sylvia P ^f   Burgess, Diana J ^a   Nelson, David B ^a   Yeazel, Mark W ^g   Knudsen, John M ^d   Van Ryn, Michelle ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MINORITY GROUP; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SATISFACTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MINORITY GROUPS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84934872980     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000658     Document Type: Article

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