Examining sexual minority engagement in recovery community centers.

Autor: Bernier LB; Behavioral Medicine Program, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA., Foley JD; Behavioral Medicine Program, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA; The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, MA, USA., Salomaa AC; Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA; VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA., Scheer JR; Department of Psychiatry, Syracuse University, New York, USA., Kelly J; Behavioral Medicine Program, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA., Hoeppner B; Behavioral Medicine Program, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA., Batchelder AW; Behavioral Medicine Program, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA; The Fenway Institute, Fenway Health, Boston, MA, USA; Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: abatchelder@mgh.harvard.edu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of substance use and addiction treatment [J Subst Use Addict Treat] 2024 Jun; Vol. 161, pp. 209340. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Mar 15.
DOI: 10.1016/j.josat.2024.209340
Abstrakt: Introduction: Research indicates that sexual minority (SM) individuals with alcohol and other drug use disorders may underutilize recovery resources generally but be more likely to use recovery community centers (RCCs). To inform recovery supports, this study characterized SM and heterosexual RCC members by demographics and clinical and recovery support service utilization.
Methods: Cross-sectional secondary analyses compared SM and heterosexual RCC members in the northeastern U.S. (n = 337). Qualitative analyses coded the top three recovery facilitators.
Results: Of the 337 participants (Mean age [SD] = 40.98[12.38], 51.8 % female), SM RCC members were more likely than heterosexuals to endorse lifetime psychiatric diagnoses and emergency department mental health treatment (p < .01). RCC service utilization and qualitatively derived recovery facilitators were mostly consistent across groups.
Conclusions: RCCs engaged SM individuals in recovery in ways consistent with heterosexuals. Despite otherwise vastly similar demographic characteristics across sexual identity, findings suggest a need for additional mental health resources for SM individuals in recovery.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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