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...findings, published online last week in the American Journal of Public Health, showed that sexual minorities—gay men, lesbians, bisexuals—and heterosexuals who have had same-sex partners are at a greater risk for developing PTSD than the general population...

Author: By Monika L. S. Robbins, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Sexual Minorities At Higher Risk for PTSD | 4/23/2010 | See Source »

Maltreatment and interpersonal violence—such as non-consensual sex, domestic violence, and kidnapping—of sexual minorities leads to the increased rate of PTSD in this population...

Author: By Monika L. S. Robbins, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Sexual Minorities At Higher Risk for PTSD | 4/23/2010 | See Source »

...most part, these traumatic events occur at a younger age than what the general population experiences—another cause of the higher levels of PTSD within the group...

Author: By Monika L. S. Robbins, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Sexual Minorities At Higher Risk for PTSD | 4/23/2010 | See Source »

Using data from the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions, which represents 34,653 U.S. residents, the researchers found that many of the sexual minority subjects who developed PTSD experienced their most traumatic event before reaching...

Author: By Monika L. S. Robbins, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Sexual Minorities At Higher Risk for PTSD | 4/23/2010 | See Source »

...addition, the researchers found that heterosexuals who have had same-sex sexual partners have the same risk of developing PTSD as self-identifying homosexuals. But heterosexuals who are merely attracted to the same sex do not display as high of a risk...

Author: By Monika L. S. Robbins, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Sexual Minorities At Higher Risk for PTSD | 4/23/2010 | See Source »

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