Substance Use and Mental Health Disparities among Sexual Minority Girls: Results from the Pittsburgh Girls Study

To examine substance use and mental health disparities between sexual minority girls and heterosexual girls.Data from the Pittsburgh Girls Study were analyzed. All girls were 17 years old. Girls were included if they were not missing self-reported sexual orientation and mental health data (N = 527). Thirty-one girls (6%) endorsed same-sex romantic orientation/identity or current same-sex attraction. Bivariate analyses were conducted to test...