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Cochran, Susan D. – American Psychologist, 2001
Researchers have identified elevated risk for stress-sensitive mental disorders among homosexuals attributed to the harmful effects of homophobia. The onset, course, treatment, and prevention of mental disorders among homosexuals differ in important ways from those of heterosexuals. Examines differential rates of mental health morbidity; suicide…
Descriptors: Anxiety, At Risk Persons, Awards, Coping