Doctors have found tremendous information pertinent to homosexuals and their mental status which could imply deeper notions about homosexuality. One question for everyone to discuss is:
If homosexuality is coupled with mental issues so much, is homosexuality a form of an identity crisis that could cause these issues?
Question: Just how prevalent is mental disease amongst homosexuals?
"More than a quarter of homosexual men and a third of homosexual women admitted that they had deliberately tried to injure themselves. "
"One important and carefully conducted study found suicide attempts among homosexuals were six times greater than the average (Remafedi et al. 1998)."
"43% of a bulimic sample of men were homosexual or bisexual (Carlat et al. 1997), a rate about 15 times higher than the rate in the population in general--meaning homosexual men are probably disproportionately liable to this mental condition."
"Gay men and lesbians reported more psychological distress than heterosexual women, despite similar levels of social support and quality of physical health," the researchers reported (p. 556)."
"Gay men were almost ten percentage points more apt to suffer mental disorder (44% to 35%) than heterosexuals, with almost the same relative rate for lesbians compared to straight women (44% to 34%)."
"Concerning drug use, 52% of homosexual men and 44% of lesbian women reported such activity within a 30-day period preceding their interview, as contrasted with 45% and 33% of the straight men and women, respectively."
"Alcoholism is a fatal chronic illness affecting the lives of 20-30% of the homosexual population. Studies have found that 35% of lesbians had a history of excessive drinking, compared to only 5% of the heterosexual women. In addition, further studies have shown that 30% of lesbians and gay men are addicted to drugs, suggesting that the gay and lesbian community constitutes a high-risk population with regard to alcoholism and drug abuse."
Question: Could homosexuality have to do with an identity crisis?
In a study that used 505 heterosexual males, 656 homosexual men, 588 heterosexual women, 43 homosexual females, 85 bisexual men, and 113 bisexual women,
"63 homosexual men and 14 homosexual women had considered seeking help to change their sexual orientation. Of these, 15 men and 2 women had achieved a change in their sexual orientation."
I could not find other information on it, because I do not think that large studies have ever been conducted.
But there are a plentiful amount of
cases suggesting that it is possible to change your oreitnation sexually and completely, and what we can cnclude from that is up to you.
Question: Is there anything basic that separates homosexual mentality from normal people's mentality?
"One study (Riess, 1980) used the MMPI, that venerable and well-validated psychological scale, and found that homosexuals showed definite "personal and emotional oversensitivity."
Conclusion: Homosexuals re much more inclined to mental instability, and perhaps it is even rooted in a more profound question they have concerning identity. The causes are unclear, but regardless of reason, it is present in the society.