Mental health services access for sexual minority individuals.
Mental health services access for sexual minority individuals.
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DOI：
10.1525/srsp.2007.4.3.92
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发表时间：
2007-01-01
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
Rostosky, S. S.
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作者：
Owens, G. P.;Riggle, E. D. B.;Rostosky, S. S.
男同性恋、女同性恋、双性恋和跨性别者 (GLBT) 个体的积极心理健康水平低于一般人群（例如，Cochran，2001），因此需要适当的心理健康服务。作者进行了一项在线调查，以评估与使用此类服务相关的因素以及对 GLBT 肯定提供者的可用性的感知。在 226 名受访者中，18% 表示他们没有保险；样本中 24% 的参与者表示，在过去一年中经历过心理健康问题，他们认为自己需要治疗，但没有寻求治疗。逻辑回归分析表明，性别、抑郁症、内在的同性恋恐惧症、医疗不信任以及个人是否可以选择肯定的提供者预测了参与者在过去一年中寻求心理健康治疗的可能性。本文讨论了这些研究结果对社会和教育政策的影响。
Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) individuals report lower levels of positive mental health than the general population (e.g., Cochran, 2001) and thus have a need for appropriate mental health services. The authors conducted an online survey to assess factors associated with the use of such services and the perceived availability of GLBT-affirmative providers. Of the 226 respondents, 18% reported that they had no insurance coverage; 24% of participants in the sample reported experiencing a mental health concern in the past year for which they felt they needed but did not seek treatment. Logistic regression analyses indicated that gender, depression, internalized homophobia, medical mistrust, and whether the individual had a choice of affirmative provider predicted the likelihood of participants seeking mental health treatment in the past year. This article discusses social and educational policy implications of these findings.