Mental disorders and sexual orientation in college students across 13 countries of differing levels of LGBTQ+ acceptance

Roberto Rentería; Claes Andersson; Marcus Bendtsen; Philippe Mortier; Randy P. Auerbach; Jason Bantjes; Harald Baumeister; Anne H. Berman; Erik Bootsma; Ronny Bruffaerts; Irina F. Cohut; Marcelo A. Crockett; Pim Cuijpers; Oana A. David; David D. Ebert; Raúl A. Gutierrez-García; Penelope A. Hasking; Xanthe Hunt; Petra Hurks; Mathilde M. Husky; Ana Lucia Jimenez; Fanny Kählke; Ann Marie Küchler; Scarlett Mac-Ginty; Arthur D.P. Mak; Vania Martínez; Margaret McLafferty; Iris R. Monroy-Velasco; Elaine K. Murray; Siobhan O'Neill; Claudiu C. Papasteri; Priscilla Paz; Codruta A. Popescu; Kealagh Robinson; Elske Salemink; Oi ling Siu; Dan J. Stein; Sascha Y. Struijs; Cristina Tomoiaga; Sanne van Luenen; Daniel V. Vigo; Angel Y. Wang; Reinout W. Wiers; Samuel Y.S. Wong; Corina Benjet; Yesica Albor; Patricia Baez; Guilherme Borges; Elsie Breet; Anabell Covarrubias Díaz; Sergio Cruz-Hernández; Jorge Gaete; Franco Gericke; Praxedis Cristina Hernández Uribe; Kristen L. Hudec; Karen Jacobs; Leontien Jansen; Rozemarijn Jeannin; Álvaro I. Langer; M. Irene Léniz; Maria Elena Medina-Mora; Lonna Munro; Richard J. Munthali; Daniel Núñez; Maria Abigail Paz-Peréz; Julia Pei; Ana Paula Prescivalli; Guillermo Quevedo; Karla Patricia Valdés-García; Ilse Vandepoel; Eunice Vargas-Contreras; Wouter Voorspoels

doi:10.1016/j.jpsychires.2025.04.021

Mental disorders and sexual orientation in college students across 13 countries of differing levels of LGBTQ+ acceptance

Roberto Rentería
, Claes Andersson
, Marcus Bendtsen
, Philippe Mortier
, Randy P. Auerbach
, Jason Bantjes
, Harald Baumeister
, Anne H. Berman
, Erik Bootsma
, Ronny Bruffaerts
, Irina F. Cohut
, Marcelo A. Crockett
, Pim Cuijpers
, Oana A. David
, David D. Ebert
, Raúl A. Gutierrez-García
, Penelope A. Hasking
, Xanthe Hunt
, Petra Hurks
, Mathilde M. Husky

Ana Lucia Jimenez, Fanny Kählke, Ann Marie Küchler, Scarlett Mac-Ginty, Arthur D.P. Mak, Vania Martínez, Margaret McLafferty, Iris R. Monroy-Velasco, Elaine K. Murray, Siobhan O'Neill, Claudiu C. Papasteri, Priscilla Paz, Codruta A. Popescu, Kealagh Robinson, Elske Salemink, Oi ling Siu, Dan J. Stein, Sascha Y. Struijs, Cristina Tomoiaga, Sanne van Luenen, Daniel V. Vigo, Angel Y. Wang, Reinout W. Wiers, Samuel Y.S. Wong, Corina Benjet, Yesica Albor, Patricia Baez, Guilherme Borges, Elsie Breet, Anabell Covarrubias Díaz, Sergio Cruz-Hernández, Jorge Gaete, Franco Gericke, Praxedis Cristina Hernández Uribe, Kristen L. Hudec, Karen Jacobs, Leontien Jansen, Rozemarijn Jeannin, Álvaro I. Langer, M. Irene Léniz, Maria Elena Medina-Mora, Lonna Munro, Richard J. Munthali, Daniel Núñez, Maria Abigail Paz-Peréz, Julia Pei, Ana Paula Prescivalli, Guillermo Quevedo, Karla Patricia Valdés-García, Ilse Vandepoel, Eunice Vargas-Contreras, Wouter Voorspoels

Psychology

Malmö University
Uppsala University
Linköping University
Hospital del Mar
Biomedical Research Networking Center in Epidemiology and Public Health (CiberESP)
Columbia University
Sackler Institute
South African Medical Research Council
University of Cape Town
Ulm University
KU Leuven
Technical University of Cluj-Napoca
Ministerio de Planificación, Chile
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Babes-Bolyai University
Technical University of Munich
Universidad de la Salle Bajío
Curtin University
Africa Health Research Institute
Maastricht University
Bordeaux Population Health Research Center (BPH)
Universidad Autonoma de Baja California
Deggendorf Institute of Technology
King's College London
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Universidad de Chile
Ulster University
Atlantic Technological University
Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila
University of Bucharest
University of British Columbia
Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy
Massey University
Utrecht University
Lingnan University
Leiden University
University of Amsterdam
Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatria Ramon de la Fuente

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	331-340
Number of pages	10
Journal	Journal of Psychiatric Research
Volume	186
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2025.04.021
State	Published - Jun 2025

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Psychiatry and Mental health
Biological Psychiatry

Keywords

College student
Cross-national
DSM-5
Mental disorder
Sexual orientation
Social acceptance

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Rentería, R., Andersson, C., Bendtsen, M., Mortier, P., Auerbach, R. P., Bantjes, J., Baumeister, H., Berman, A. H., Bootsma, E., Bruffaerts, R., Cohut, I. F., Crockett, M. A., Cuijpers, P., David, O. A., Ebert, D. D., Gutierrez-García, R. A., Hasking, P. A., Hunt, X., Hurks, P., ... Voorspoels, W. (2025). Mental disorders and sexual orientation in college students across 13 countries of differing levels of LGBTQ+ acceptance. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 186, 331-340. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2025.04.021

Rentería, R, Andersson, C, Bendtsen, M, Mortier, P, Auerbach, RP, Bantjes, J, Baumeister, H, Berman, AH, Bootsma, E, Bruffaerts, R, Cohut, IF, Crockett, MA, Cuijpers, P, David, OA, Ebert, DD, Gutierrez-García, RA, Hasking, PA, Hunt, X, Hurks, P, Husky, MM, Jimenez, AL, Kählke, F, Küchler, AM, Mac-Ginty, S, Mak, ADP, Martínez, V, McLafferty, M, Monroy-Velasco, IR, Murray, EK, O'Neill, S, Papasteri, CC, Paz, P, Popescu, CA, Robinson, K, Salemink, E, Siu, OL, Stein, DJ, Struijs, SY, Tomoiaga, C, van Luenen, S, Vigo, DV, Wang, AY, Wiers, RW, Wong, SYS, Benjet, C, Albor, Y, Baez, P, Borges, G, Breet, E, Díaz, AC, Cruz-Hernández, S, Gaete, J, Gericke, F, Hernández Uribe, PC, Hudec, KL, Jacobs, K, Jansen, L, Jeannin, R, Langer, ÁI, Léniz, MI, Medina-Mora, ME, Munro, L, Munthali, RJ, Núñez, D, Paz-Peréz, MA, Pei, J, Prescivalli, AP, Quevedo, G, Valdés-García, KP, Vandepoel, I, Vargas-Contreras, E & Voorspoels, W 2025, 'Mental disorders and sexual orientation in college students across 13 countries of differing levels of LGBTQ+ acceptance', Journal of Psychiatric Research, vol. 186, pp. 331-340. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2025.04.021

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