Adults who intify as gay, lbian, or bisexual are more likely than adults who intify as straight to experience ser thoughts of suici, mental health ndns cludg major prsive episos and they are more likely to e substanc like alhol or dgs, acrdg to a new US ernment report.
Contents:
- WHY ARE PEOPLE GAY? GAY BY CHOICE OR IS BEG GAY GEIC?
- PEOPLE WHO ARE GAY, LBIAN OR BI HAVE MORE MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE E PROBLEMS, SURVEY FDS
- GAY MENTAL HEALTH: MENTAL HEALTH ISSU FACG GAY MEN
WHY ARE PEOPLE GAY? GAY BY CHOICE OR IS BEG GAY GEIC?
Why are people gay? Are they gay by choice or is beg gay geic? Are they born gay? Learn about the and reasons for beg gay. * is being gay a mental defect *
In this, the DSM followed a long tradn medice and psychiatry, which the neteenth century appropriated homosexualy om the Church and, what mt have seemed like an élan of enlightenment, promoted om s to mental disorr. Meanwhile, the World Health Organizatn (WHO) Geneva only removed homosexualy om s Internatnal Classifitn of Diseas (ICD) wh the publitn of ICD-10 1992, although ICD-10 still rried the nstct of "ego-dystonic sexual orientatn.
PEOPLE WHO ARE GAY, LBIAN OR BI HAVE MORE MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE E PROBLEMS, SURVEY FDS
* is being gay a mental defect *
AbstractThe Amerin Psychiatric Associatn and the Amerin Psychologil Associatn have suggted for many years now that there is signifint empiril evince supportg the claim that homosexualy is a normal variant of human sexual orientatn as opposed to a mental disorr.
GAY MENTAL HEALTH: MENTAL HEALTH ISSU FACG GAY MEN
Prev studi have dited creased risk of mental disorr symptoms, suici and substance mise lbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) adults, pared to heterosexual adults. Our aims were to terme an timate of the associatn between sexual orientatn inty and poor mental health and wellbeg among adults om 12 populatn surveys the UK, and to nsir whether effects differed for specific subgroups of the populatn. Individual data were pooled om the Brish Cohort Study 2012, Health Survey for England 2011, 2012 and 2013, Sttish Health Survey 2008 to 2013, Longudal Study of Young People England 2009/10 and Unrstandg Society 2011/12. Individual participant meta-analysis was ed to pool timat om each study, allowg for between-study variatn. Of 94,818 participants, 1.1 % intified as lbian/gay, 0.9 % as bisexual, 0.8 % as ‘other’ and 97.2 % as heterosexual. Adjtg for a range of variat, adults who intified as lbian/gay had higher prevalence of mon mental disorr when pared to heterosexuals, but the associatn was different different age groups: apparent for those unr 35 (OR = 1.78, 95 % CI 1.40, 2.26), weaker at age 35–54.9 (OR = 1.42, 95 % CI 1.10, 1.84), but strongt at age 55+ (OR = 2.06, 95 % CI 1.29, 3.31). The effects were stronger for bisexual adults, siar for those intifyg as ‘other’, and siar for 'low wellbeg'. In the UK, LGB adults have higher prevalence of poor mental health and low wellbeg when pared to heterosexuals, particularly younger and olr LGB adults. Sexual orientatn inty should be measured routely all health studi and admistrative data the UK orr to fluence natnal and lol policy velopment and service livery. The rults reerate the need for lol ernment, NHS provirs and public health policy makers to nsir how to addrs equali mental health among the mory groups. * is being gay a mental defect *
The accatn of g outdated material and viatg to realms beyond the spe of one's expertise impli two thgs; first, impli that there actually is rmatn that is more up-to-date than what the nun prented on the topic of homosexualy, and sendly impli that there are credible experts who are more qualified to teach or speak on the topic of homosexualy.