New article published with the collaboration of Robert Heidemann
We are very pleased to present an exciting open access article in “Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology”, to which our colleague Robert Heidemann also contributed!
Title: "The unique characteristics of ‘families of choice’ and families of origin of older LGBTQ+ adults: are they related to mental health?
Author(s): Ella Cohn-Schwartz, Sigal Gooldin, Lian Meiry, Robert Heidemann & Yaacov G. Bachner
What the study shows:
- On average, older LGBTQ+ people have 5 people in their “family of choice” and 4 close family of origin members.
- Relationships with the family of origin tend to be more stable, but families of choice are perceived as more committed, more accepting and less conflictual.
- Better mental health is associated with a higher number of people in the family of origin and family of choice, a relationship based on partnership and a positive assessment of the family of choice.