Sexual orientation differences in childhood sexual abuse, suicide attempts, and DSM-5 alcohol, tobacco, other drug use, and mental health disorders in the US.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) contributes to increased risk of substance use and mental health disorders in the general population.

Objective

To assess the prevalence and associations of CSA and suicide attempts, substance use, and mental health disorders as a function of sex (female, male) and sexual orientation (lesbian, gay, bisexual, heterosexual-identified with same-sex attraction and/or behavior, heterosexual-identified without same-sex attraction and/or behavior, and unsure).

Participants and setting

Data were collected using structured diagnostic face-to-face interviews in a nationally representative sample of 36,309 US adults.

Methods

We used descriptive statistics and logistic regression modeling to analyze data from the 2012-2013 National E

SUBMITTER: McCabe SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9110097 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature