Counselling and psychotherapy service use in Chinese sexual minority populations: a nationwide survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study investigated the prevalence and factors associated with counselling and psychotherapy service use among Chinese sexual minority populations.

Methods

A nationwide cross-sectional study was performed using snowball sampling method, which led to the inclusion of 18,193 participants. Participants' sociodemographic background, clinical, and psychological data were gathered. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to explore any associated factors.

Results

There were 2007 participants who had used counselling and psychotherapy service out of the total population. Among those who had used psychotherapy services, 80.2% participants perceived discrimination, 1.1% reported that they had been refused treatment by a counsellor and/or psychoth

SUBMITTER: Wang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7791743 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature