Healio (1/3, VanDewater) reports, “Negative mental health effects and increased substance use caused by the COVID-19 pandemic were more common in the LGBTQ community,” researchers concluded in a “repeated cross-sectional monitoring survey” to which “2,984 people responded in round one, conducted from May 14, 2020, to May 19, 2020, and 3,009 people responded in round two, conducted from Sept. 14, 2020, to Sept. 21, 2020.” The findings were published in the January issue of the journal Psychiatry Research.
Related Links:
— “Mental health impacts of substance use during pandemic greater in LGBTQ community “Kalie VanDewater, Healio, January 3, 2022