Sexual Orientation and Mental Health
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Definition
In the past 15 years, many large-scale, random probability, and representative health surveys have been adding sexual orientation items to their questionnaires. Using data from those surveys, studies have examined the association between sexual orientation and mental health. That research has reached a strong conclusion: Sexual minorities (persons who are attracted to the same sex, have romantic or sexual behaviors with the same sex, and/or self-describe themselves with a nonheterosexual sexual identity) are more likely to experience mental health problems than heterosexuals.
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Research on sexual orientationand mental health in the past 15 years has been focused on establishing whether sexual minorities (persons who are attracted to the same sex, have romantic or sexual behaviors with the...
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