Sexual minorities more likely to seek mental health care

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 21:49:00 +0000

By Sheilah DowneyCiting stresses such as discrimination and violence, researchers say lesbian, gay and bisexual women are twice as likely to seek help for mental

Dan

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 01:34:03 +0000

Chicken or Egg?

These statistics are nothing new. Even before gay sexuality was mostly kept "a secret". The gay community has not only had a much higher percentage of mental illness issues; but also more physical ailments. Acceptance of "Alternatice Lifestyles" has increased over the last 2-3 decades.
So the questions are: How much shift has there been in the statistics over the past 20/30 years? Does any corrolation in the data indicate that mental illness leads to being gay? or Does being gay really create stress which causes mental illness?

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Sexual minorities more likely to seek mental health care

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