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Vickie M. Mays
Researcher at University of California, Los Angeles
Publications - 159
Citations - 15862
Vickie M. Mays is an academic researcher from University of California, Los Angeles. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sexual orientation & Mental health. The author has an hindex of 56, co-authored 152 publications receiving 14362 citations. Previous affiliations of Vickie M. Mays include University of California & University of California, Berkeley.
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Mental health correlates of perceived discrimination among lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults in the United States.
Vickie M. Mays,Susan D. Cochran +1 more
TL;DR: Higher levels of discrimination may underlie recent observations of greater psychiatric morbidity risk among lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals.
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Suicide and suicide risk in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender populations: review and recommendations.
Ann Pollinger Haas,Mickey Eliason,Vickie M. Mays,Robin M. Mathy,Susan D. Cochran,Anthony R. D'Augelli,Morton M. Silverman,Prudence W. Fisher,Tonda L. Hughes,Margaret Rosario,Stephen T. Russell,Effie Malley,Jerry Reed,David A. Litts,Ellen Haller,Randall L. Sell,Gary Remafedi,Judith Bradford,Annette L. Beautrais,Gregory K. Brown,Gary M. Diamond,Mark S. Friedman,Robert Garofalo,Mason S. Turner,Amber Hollibaugh,Paula J. Clayton +25 more
TL;DR: This article is a culmination of a three-year effort by an expert panel to address the need for better understanding of suicidal behavior and suicide risk in sexual minority populations, and stimulate the development of needed prevention strategies, interventions and policy changes.
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Prevalence of mental disorders, psychological distress, and mental health services use among lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults in the United States.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined possible sexual orientation-related differences in morbidity, distress, and mental health services use, finding that gay-bisexual men exhibited higher prevalence of depression, panic attacks, and psychological distress than heterosexual men.
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Race, race-based discrimination, and health outcomes among African Americans.
TL;DR: Emerging work that locates the cause of race-based health disparities in the external effects of the contextual social space on the internal world of brain functioning and physiologic response is reviewed.
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Risk of psychiatric disorders among individuals reporting same-sex sexual partners in the National Comorbidity Survey.
Stephen E. Gilman,Susan D. Cochran,Vickie M. Mays,Michael Hughes,David G. Ostrow,Ronald C. Kessler +5 more
TL;DR: Homosexual orientation, defined as having same-sex sexual partners, is associated with a general elevation of risk for anxiety, mood, and substance use disorders and for suicidal thoughts and plans.