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However, studies have suggested that this heightened incidence of mental issues may be due to discrimination. A University of California-Los Angeles study found that individuals who identified as homosexual or bisexual were more likely to report experiences of discrimination, and that many attributed this discrimination to their sexual orientation. Those who did attribute perceived discrimination to their sexual orientation had higher rates of mental illness. [http://www.ajph.org/cgi/content/abstract/91/11/1869]
However, studies have suggested that this heightened incidence of mental issues may be due to discrimination. A University of California-Los Angeles study found that individuals who identified as homosexual or bisexual were more likely to report experiences of discrimination, and that many attributed this discrimination to their sexual orientation. Those who did attribute perceived discrimination to their sexual orientation had higher rates of mental illness. [http://www.ajph.org/cgi/content/abstract/91/11/1869]
John R. Diggs, M.D. states, however, the following:
At the same time, John R. Diggs, M.D. states the following:
"An extensive study in the Netherlands undermines the assumption that homophobia is the cause of increased psychiatric illness among gays and lesbians. The Dutch have been considerably more accepting of same-sex relationships than other Western countries — in fact, same-sex couples now have the legal right to marry in the Netherlands.76 So a high rate of psychiatric disease associated with homosexual behavior in the Netherlands means that the psychiatric disease cannot so easily be attributed to social rejection and homophobia." [http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/homosexuality/ho0075.html]
"An extensive study in the Netherlands undermines the assumption that homophobia is the cause of increased psychiatric illness among gays and lesbians. The Dutch have been considerably more accepting of same-sex relationships than other Western countries — in fact, same-sex couples now have the legal right to marry in the Netherlands.76 So a high rate of psychiatric disease associated with homosexual behavior in the Netherlands means that the psychiatric disease cannot so easily be attributed to social rejection and homophobia." [http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/homosexuality/ho0075.html]