Sexual orientation and symptoms of common mental disorder or low wellbeing: Combined meta-analysis of 12 UK population health surveys

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Semlyen, Joanna ^a   King, Michael ^b   Varney, Justin ^c   Hagger Johnson, Gareth ^d  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Depression; Health surveys; Homosexuality; Mental disorders; Meta analysis; Mood disorders; Neurotic disorders; Sexual orientation; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUAL FEMALE; HOMOSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; AGED; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL DISORDERS; META ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84962859188     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-016-0767-z     Document Type: Article

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