Internalized Homonegativity is Indirectly Associated with Smoking Status through Somatic Anxiety.

Objective: In this study, we examined how internalized homonegativity (IH), a non-adaptive cognitive response to lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) minority stressors, related to the manifestation of somatic anxiety symptoms and reduced the likelihood of being a former smoker.

Methods: Participants (N = 77) smoked ≥ 100 cigarettes in their lifetime, some of whom successfully quit their use (N = 23 former smokers). The Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Identity Scale and the State-Trait Inventory for Cognitive and Somatic Anxiety were used to assess IH and somatic anxiety.

Rethinking Racial Matching in Children's Mental Health: The Need for Racially Conscious Therapists.

In a given year, 1 in 6 youth will experience a mental health disorder. Prevalence data reveal that anxiety (9.4%), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (9.