Probable PTSD, PTSD symptom severity, and comorbid PTSD and hazardous drinking among sexual minority women compared to heterosexual women: A meta …

JR Scheer, EC Helminen, CJ Cascalheira… - Clinical psychology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is more prevalent among sexual minority women
(SMW) than among heterosexual women. PTSD risk varies among SMW, but no meta …

[HTML][HTML] Substance use outcomes for sexual and gender minority adults with a history of adverse childhood experiences: a scoping review

BA Dowling, TJ Grigsby, GJ Ziomek… - Drug and alcohol …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Purpose The impacts of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) on behavioral,
mental, and physical health have been extensively investigated. As such, it is paramount to …

[HTML][HTML] Threats to social safety and neuro-inflammatory mechanisms underlying sexual orientation disparities in depression symptom severity: A prospective cohort …

R Bränström, ML Hatzenbuehler, MR Lattanner… - Brain, Behavior, and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Sexual minority individuals have a markedly elevated risk of depression compared to
heterosexuals. We examined early threats to social safety and chronically elevated …

Mental health and substance use among sexual minority women who report childhood sexual abuse: A systematic literature review.

L Bochicchio, M Xu, CB Veldhuis… - … , practice, and policy, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: A growing body of literature provides evidence that sexual minority women (SMW;
eg, lesbian, bisexual) are at greater risk of negative mental health and substance use …

Childhood sexual abuse and suicide attempts in patients with substance use disorders: the mediating role of emotion dysregulation

M Di Nicola, M Pepe, S Montanari, I Marcelli… - Child Abuse & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Suicide attempts (SA) are a public health concern because of increasing
prevalence and clinical implications. Childhood trauma (CT) and emotion dysregulation …

Global trends and differences in the burden of alcohol use disorders attributable to childhood sexual abuse by sex, age, and socio-demographic index: findings from …

Y Chen, Y Zhong, M Wang, X Su, Q Li, J Wang… - Child Abuse & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is a severe global problem associated with
alcohol use disorder (AUD). Previous studies have confirmed this relationship; however …

Queering recovery: A proposed model for LGBTQ+‐affirmative relapse prevention

MP Chaney, N Mason - Journal of Addictions & Offender …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Professional counseling literature pertaining to substance use counseling for LGBTQ+
communities is scant. One such exclusion is relapse prevention for LGBTQ+ clients. To meet …

Does the approach used to measure sexual identity affect estimates of health disparities differently by race? A randomized experiment from the National Survey of …

CW Engstrom, BT West, TS Schepis… - Social Science & Medicine, 2024 - Elsevier
The inclusion of “something else” as a response option for survey questions about sexual
identity has been shown to significantly moderate estimated differences between sexual …

[HTML][HTML] Comparing substance use outcomes by sexual identity among women: Differences using propensity score methods

KJ Karriker-Jaffe, LA Drabble, L Li, C Munroe… - Drug and alcohol …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Differences in alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) use by sexual identity
vary across samples of women recruited using different sampling methods. We used …

Associations between latent classes of trauma exposure and minority stressors and substance use among cisgender sexual minority women

JR Scheer, MM Wall, CB Veldhuis… - Journal of …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Psychosocial stressors (eg, minority stressors, trauma exposure) profoundly impact sexual
minority women's (SMW's) risk of alcohol and other drug (AOD) use. However, research has …