Title: New data on lesbian, gay and bisexual mental health
Headings: New data on lesbian, gay and bisexual mental health
Cover Story
New data on lesbian, gay and bisexual mental health
New findings overturn previous beliefs.
Population-based studies
Discrimination and mental health
Gay and lesbian youth and suicide
Lesbian mental health

Content: New data on lesbian, gay and bisexual mental health
Cover Story
New data on lesbian, gay and bisexual mental health
New findings overturn previous beliefs. By TORI DeANGELIS
February 2002, Vol 33, No. 2
Print version: page 46
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DeAngelis, T. (2002, February). New data on lesbian, gay and bisexual mental health. Monitor on Psychology, 33 (2). http://www.apa.org/monitor/feb02/newdata
Comment: The results of several breakthrough studies are offering new insights on gay men, lesbians and bisexuals. Among the key findings: Several studies suggest that gay men, lesbians and bisexuals appear to have higher rates of some mental disorders compared with heterosexuals, although not to the level of a serious pathology.