2024
Stressors and symptoms explaining sexual orientation inequalities in mental health services usage: A longitudinal study with young adults
Pachankis J, Bränström R, Roxo L. Stressors and symptoms explaining sexual orientation inequalities in mental health services usage: A longitudinal study with young adults. European Journal Of Public Health 2024, 34: ckae144.401. PMCID: PMC11516426, DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckae144.401.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSexual minority individualsMinority-specific stressorsMinority individualsMental health symptomsMental health service useMental health servicesHealth service useSexual orientationHealth symptomsHealth servicesService useSexual orientation inequalitiesSexual orientation differencesNegative family reactionsMental health service usagePopulation-based sample of young adultsSexual minoritiesHealth service usageMinority stressPopulation-based sampleHelp-seeking behaviorSample of young adultsYoung adultsFamily reactionsLogistic regression modelsSexual Orientation Differences in age of First Treatment for a Mental Health Diagnosis: A Population-based Study of Childhood and Adolescence
Bränström R, Pachankis J. Sexual Orientation Differences in age of First Treatment for a Mental Health Diagnosis: A Population-based Study of Childhood and Adolescence. Journal Of The American Academy Of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2024 PMID: 39098721, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2024.07.916.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSexual orientation differencesSexual orientation disparitiesMental health diagnosesOrientation disparitiesSwedish National Public Health SurveyInternalizing disorder diagnosesPopulation-based studySexual minority identitySexual minority individualsHealth diagnosisNational Public Health SurveyNeurodevelopmental disorder diagnosisStudies of childhoodHeterosexual identityNational health care registriesDisorder diagnosisMinority identityMinority individualsPublic health surveyHealth care registriesOrientation differencesPopulation-based sampleBenefits of interventionsLikelihood of treatmentHealth Survey
2019
Untethered lives: Barriers to societal integration as predictors of the sexual orientation disparity in suicidality
Bränström R, van der Star A, Pachankis J. Untethered lives: Barriers to societal integration as predictors of the sexual orientation disparity in suicidality. European Journal Of Public Health 2019, 29: ckz185.141. DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckz185.141.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRisk factorsSexual orientation disparitiesPublic health surveyNational Public Health SurveyDeterminants of suicidalityOrientation disparitiesHealth SurveyElevated riskGeneral populationPreventive interventionsSuicidal ideationSuicidality risk factorsSuicidalityDisproportionate barriersSexual minority populationsMinority populationsSexual orientation differencesSexual minoritiesImportant contributorPopulationDisparitiesUntethered lives: barriers to societal integration as predictors of the sexual orientation disparity in suicidality
Bränström R, van der Star A, Pachankis JE. Untethered lives: barriers to societal integration as predictors of the sexual orientation disparity in suicidality. Social Psychiatry And Psychiatric Epidemiology 2019, 55: 89-99. PMID: 31300892, DOI: 10.1007/s00127-019-01742-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overChildCommunity IntegrationCross-Sectional StudiesDepressionFemaleHealth Status DisparitiesHeterosexualityHumansMaleMiddle AgedOdds RatioRisk FactorsSexual and Gender MinoritiesSexual BehaviorSocial SupportSubstance-Related DisordersSuicidal IdeationSuicide, AttemptedSwedenYoung AdultConceptsSexual orientation disparitiesSocietal integrationSexual minoritiesOrientation disparitiesGay men/lesbiansNational Public Health SurveyLGB individuals' experiencesSexual orientation differencesSexual minority populationsSexual minority individualsSocial institutionsSexual orientationSocietal normsHeterosexual individualsDisproportionate barriersMinority individualsSupportive attitudesIndividual experiencesMinority populationsLegal protectionInnovative waysDeterminants of suicidalityRecent decadesRole of barriersPublic health survey
2016
Sexual Orientation Disparities in Preventable Disease: A Fundamental Cause Perspective.
Bränström R, Hatzenbuehler ML, Pachankis JE, Link BG. Sexual Orientation Disparities in Preventable Disease: A Fundamental Cause Perspective. American Journal Of Public Health 2016, 106: 1109-15. PMID: 26985608, PMCID: PMC4880229, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2016.303051.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFundamental cause theoryFundamental cause perspectiveSexual orientation health disparitiesSexual orientation differencesHealth-protective resourcesSupportive social connectionsSexual orientation disparitiesHealth disparitiesBisexual womenSexual orientationGeneral population-based studyStockholm Public Health CohortBisexual menPopulation-based studySocial connectionsUnequal distributionHeterosexual menOrientation disparitiesHealth cohortPreventable diseaseMorbidity dataGreater riskOrientation differencesDiseaseDisparities
2015
Sexual orientation differences in mental health morbidity: A population-based longitudinal study
Bränström R, Pachankis J, Hatzenbuehler M. Sexual orientation differences in mental health morbidity: A population-based longitudinal study. European Journal Of Public Health 2015, 25: ckv174.062. DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckv174.062.Peer-Reviewed Original Research