Gay Population More Likely to Experience Violence, PTSD
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A new study finds that individuals from gay, lesbian and bisexual populations are at a greater risk for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a result of increased exposure to violence in childhood. The lifetime risk of PTSD in adults is 4 percent for men and 10 percent for women. However in these populations rates more than doubled to 9 percent for men and 20 percent for women. Researchers say this is because individuals from sexual minorities are more likely to experience traumatic events in childhood. Forty-five percent of sexual minority women and 28 percent of sexual minority men experienced violence or abuse in childhood compared to 21 percent of women and 20 percent of men in the general population. These experiences included hate crimes and bullying triggered by not conforming to gender norms.
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Posted In: Child Adolescent Mental Health | Child Abuse | Sexual Abuse | Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender (LGBT) | Stress & Coping | Violence | Bullying | Sexual Abuse | Tags: Abuse | Child Abuse | Gay | Lesbian | Ptsd | Violence | Lgtb | Posted by FindCounseling.com Staff on April 16, 2010 at 05:48 PM | Permalink |
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