The Substance Abe and Mental Health Servic Admistratn (SAMHSA) today released a new data report Lbian, Gay, and Bisexual Behavral Health: Rults om the 2021 and 2022 Natnal Surveys on Dg Use and Health (PDF | 2.1 MB), ditg that lbian, gay, and bisexual adults are more likely than straight adults to e substanc, experience mental health ndns cludg major prsive episos, and experience ser thoughts of suici.
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The Substance Abe and Mental Health Servic Admistratn (SAMHSA) today released a new data report Lbian, Gay, and Bisexual Behavral Health: Rults om the 2021 and 2022 Natnal Surveys on Dg Use and Health (PDF | 2. 1 MB), ditg that lbian, gay, and bisexual adults are more likely than straight adults to e substanc, experience mental health ndns cludg major prsive episos, and experience ser thoughts of suici.
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“We know that statistilly, lbian, gay and bisexual Amerins face creased risks for mental health and substance e issu, which is often related to strs ed by stigma, discrimatn and harassment, ” said HHS Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use Miriam E.
SAMHSA’s approach to addrsg the behavral health needs of LGBTQI+ people wh, affected by, or at risk for mental health and substance e ndns, builds on the Print’s Executive Orr on Advancg Equaly for Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, and Intersex Individuals (EO 14075).
The percentage of U.S. adults who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr has creased to 7.1%. This is driven by high LGBT self-intifitn, particularly as bisexual, among Generatn Z adults. * data lgbt *
Gay and bisexual mal and femal were two to three tim more likely than their straight unterparts to have ed illic dgs other than marijuana the past year.
Gallup fds 5.6% of U.S. adults intifyg as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr, wh the majory of them sayg they are bisexual. * data lgbt *
About one third of bisexual femal, bisexual mal, and gay mal had a substance e disorr (SUD) the past year. The prevalence of ser mental illns (SMI) the past year was more than three tim higher among bisexual mal than among straight mal and more than twice as high among gay mal than among straight mal.