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By  Elizabeth Hartney, BSc, MSc, MA, PhD  Updated on October 03, 2021  Medically reviewed by  John C. Umhau, MD, MPH, CPEPrint  Navigating conversations with someone in your life who is living with an addiction can be challenging. How can you offer your love…

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Co-occurring mental illness, drug use, and medical multimorbidity among lesbian, gay, and bisexual middle-aged and older adults in the United States: a nationally representative study

Published: 04 August 2020 Benjamin H. Han,  Dustin T. Duncan,  Mauricio Arcila-Mesa &  Joseph J. Palamar  BMC Public Health volume 20, Article number: 1123 (2020) Abstract Background Older lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) adults are an underserved and understudied population that experience specific health disparities. The intersection…

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