Sexual Orientation, Adverse Childhood Experiences, and Comorbid DSM-5 Substance Use and Mental Health Disorders.

CONCLUSIONS: Sexual minorities are exposed to more ACEs than their heterosexual counterparts in the US. We found evidence that US sexual minorities are at higher risk of comorbid substance use and mental health disorders. These findings reinforce the importance of identifying exposure to ACEs and developing trauma-informed interventions to treat comorbidities in those exposed to multiple ACEs, especially sexual minorities.. PMID: 33264820 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33264820?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of Clinical Psychiatry - December 4, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Tags: J Clin Psychiatry Source Type: research