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  • LGBTQI+ people and substance use
    Research has found that sexual and gender minorities, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex people (LGBTQI+), have higher rates of substance misuse and substance use disorders than people who identify as heterosexual. People from these groups are also more likely to enter treatment with more severe disorders. People in LGBTQI+ communities can face stressful situations…
    May 2024
    Substance Use and Misuse
  • Addressing youth substance use through school services and support: Lessons from the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, and New Mexico
    Though much attention is given to youth mental health, addressing unhealthy substance use is equally important for young people’s healthy social and emotional development and can prevent both short-term harms (such as negative impacts on educational goals or family and peer relationships) and lifelong chronic substance use disorders (Onrust et al. 2016; Volkow and Wargo 2022). Adolescents with…
    July 2022
    Substance Use and Misuse, Policy and Practice
  • Stress, coping, and context: Examining substance use among LGBTQ young adults with probable substance use disorders
    Objective:The authors qualitatively examined how lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) young adults with probable substance use disorders conceptualized their substance use vis-à-vis their LGBTQ identities.Methods:Individual, in-depth, semistructured interviews were conducted with 59 LGBTQ young adults (ages 21–34) who were participants in a larger longitudinal cohort study and…
    October 2019
    Substance Use and Misuse
  • Substance abuse factors among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) individuals
    National surveys have estimated that 2%–11% of Americans self-identify as LGBTQ,1 yet as a population, these individuals have historically been underrepresented in addiction research. As scientists have worked over the past three decades to remediate this gap, substance use characteristics and treatment factors present among the LGBTQ population have begun to emerge.
    January 2016
    Substance Use and Misuse
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