Co-occurring substance use and psychological distress among exclusive e-cigarette use and other tobacco use among sexual and gender minorities in Texas

Thedecriminalisation of homosexuality on September 6, 2018 in India has led to focus of Indian researchers towards mental health of Sexual and Gender Minorities (SGMs) who face day-to-day challenges such as social-unacceptance, identity under-expression,discrimination and hate crimes. The present study focuses onanalysing psychological distress among one of the most developed country i.e. United States of America (US) and the fast-developing country i.e. India with the inclusion of the LGBTQ+ and Cishet population. To fulfil the objective, data was collected from 200 young adults falling under 18-40 years of age from both Indians (N=100) and Americans (N= 100) through Purposive Sampling Technique. Furthermore, there were 50 LGBTQ+ and 50 Cishet sample inboth group of each country. The responses were collected through SurveyMonkey. Every respondent was individually assessed using Kessler’s Psychological Distress Scale (K10; Kessler et al.,2002) for evaluating the extent of psychological distress in the individual.The data analysis was done by Independent sample t-test using IBM SPSS software.The results indicate that 1.) Young adults of India have higher psychological distress than that of Americansas well as both the group (LGBTQ+ and Cishet Population) of India have higher psychological distress than that of the US;2) LGBTQ+ population has higher psychological distress in comparison to Cishet population in both India and US as well as for young adults.

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Nicotine Use among Sexual and Gender Minority Populations

The Oxford Handbook of Sexual and Gender Minority Mental Health ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190067991.013.11 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 111-123

Author(s):

Alicia K. Matthews ◽

Cherdsak Duangchan ◽

Chien-Ching Li

Keyword(s):

Tobacco Use ◽

The United States ◽

Minority Populations ◽

Sexual And Gender Minorities ◽

Statistical Manual ◽

Gender Minority ◽

Diagnostic And Statistical Manual ◽

Gender Minorities ◽

Sexual And Gender Minority ◽

And Gender

The prevalence of tobacco use disorders among sexual and gender minorities remains consistently high despite the overall reduction of tobacco use in the United States and other parts of the world. This chapter begins by describing the criteria for tobacco use disorders in the fifth edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. The authors discuss rates of tobacco use based on sexual orientation and gender identity and summarize the literature describing risk and protective factors for tobacco use among sexual and gender minorities. Strategies are highlighted for reducing the overall public health threat of tobacco use in sexual and gender minority populations.

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Experienced HIV-Related Stigma and Psychological Distress in Peruvian Sexual and Gender Minorities: A Longitudinal Study to Explore Mediating Roles of Internalized HIV-Related Stigma and Coping Styles

AIDS and Behavior ◽

10.1007/s10461-018-2348-2 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 23 (3) ◽

pp. 661-674 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Rachel Rinehart ◽

Deep Rao ◽

Rivet K. Amico ◽

Eduardo Ruiz ◽

Peter Brandes ◽

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Keyword(s):

Psychological Distress ◽

Longitudinal Study ◽

Coping Styles ◽

Sexual And Gender Minorities ◽

Gender Minorities ◽

Related Stigma ◽

And Gender ◽

And Coping

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Can Smoke-Free Policies Reduce Tobacco Use Disparities of Sexual and Gender Minorities in Missouri?

Nicotine & Tobacco Research ◽

10.1093/ntr/ntx078 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 19 (11) ◽

pp. 1308-1314 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Jenna Wintemberg ◽

Jane A McElroy ◽

Bin Ge ◽

Kevin D Everett

Keyword(s):

Tobacco Use ◽

Sexual And Gender Minorities ◽

Gender Minorities ◽

And Gender

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Socio-structural Factors Associated with Mental Health, Substance Use, and HIV Risk Among Black Sexual and Gender Minorities in the House and Ball Community

AIDS and Behavior ◽

10.1007/s10461-020-02791-8 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 24 (8) ◽

pp. 2319-2326

Author(s):

Anna L. Hotton ◽

Christopher Balthazar ◽

Laura Jadwin-Cakmak ◽

Bevin Gwiazdowski ◽

Marne Castillo ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Substance Use ◽

Hiv Risk ◽

Structural Factors ◽

Sexual And Gender Minorities ◽

Factors Associated ◽

Gender Minorities ◽

And Gender

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SBM recommends policy support to reduce smoking disparities for sexual and gender minorities

Translational Behavioral Medicine ◽

10.1093/tbm/ibx017 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (5) ◽

pp. 692-695 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Phoenix Alicia Matthews ◽

Amanda C Blok ◽

Joseph G L Lee ◽

Brian Hitsman ◽

Lisa Sanchez-Johnsen ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Tobacco Use ◽

Policy Support ◽

Tobacco Prevention ◽

Culturally Appropriate ◽

Sexual And Gender Minorities ◽

Awareness Campaigns ◽

Gender Minorities ◽

Bisexual And Transgender ◽

And Gender ◽

And Control

Abstract The Society of Behavioral Medicine supports the inclusion of gender and sexual minorities in all local, state, and national tobacco prevention and control activities. These activities include surveillance of tobacco use and cessation activities, targeted outreach and awareness campaigns, increasing access to culturally appropriate tobacco use dependence treatments, and restricting disproportionate marketing to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities by the tobacco industry, especially for mentholated tobacco products.

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