CHECK Magazin - Gesundheitsmagazin für Männer No.9
Alkoholmissbrauch und dessen Folgen sind die zweithäufigste Ursache für Krankenhausbehandlungen in Deutschland. Mehr als 150 internistische, neurologische und psychiatrische Diagnosen werden mit Alkoholmissbrauch assoziiert. Doch eine Gruppe fällt beim Thema Alkoholkonsum besonders auf: Queere Menschen, darunter insbesondere schwule und bisexuelle Männer.
Alkoholmissbrauch und dessen Folgen sind die zweithäufigste Ursache für Krankenhausbehandlungen in Deutschland. Mehr als 150 internistische, neurologische und psychiatrische Diagnosen werden mit Alkoholmissbrauch assoziiert. Doch eine Gruppe fällt beim Thema Alkoholkonsum besonders auf: Queere Menschen, darunter insbesondere schwule und bisexuelle Männer.
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Community<br />
it alarmingly clear that we are still a long way<br />
from achieving equal health opportunities for<br />
LGBTI* people. The disparities in health are<br />
attributed to the still prevailing experiences of<br />
stigmatisation, exclusion and discrimination.<br />
Everyday microaggressions are still part of<br />
the life of LGBTI* people. One's own identity<br />
has to be kept secret often or for a long<br />
time and rejection is already expected. The<br />
negative social attitudes towards one's own<br />
sexuality can be internalised to such an extent<br />
that it has a serious impact on one's health.<br />
Conversion treatments to “reverse the<br />
polarity of homosexuals” have only been banned<br />
in Germany since 2020 for children and<br />
adults who do not voluntarily agree to this.<br />
Anyone who is adult and homo sexual today<br />
grew up in a homophobic climate without<br />
positive LGBTI* role models, in which the<br />
term “gay” was still widely used as a swear<br />
word and bullying in school was almost<br />
inevitable. Hate crimes against LGBTI* people<br />
are still widespread throughout Europe and<br />
the number of violent crimes against queer<br />
people is increasing in Germany. Homophobia,<br />
shame and (self-)devaluation that are internalised<br />
early on can leave long-term damage<br />
and encourage alcohol abuse.<br />
So it is not surprising that psychological and<br />
addiction problems in general occur more<br />
frequently in the LGBTI* community. Still,<br />
we hardly hear anything about it. The British<br />
newspaper The Guardian even speaks of a<br />
“silent health crisis” and a toxic combination<br />
of psychological stress, alcohol and drugs<br />
that is not being addressed.<br />
GENETIC<br />
DISPOSITION<br />
metabolism<br />
compatibility<br />
alcoholic parents<br />
conditioning<br />
ddiction motives<br />
FACTORS<br />
OF<br />
DEPENDENCY<br />
PSYCHOLOGICAL<br />
a<br />
FACTORS<br />
NEURO-<br />
BIOLOGICAL<br />
EFFECT<br />
effects on the dopaminergic reward<br />
system and addiction memory<br />
tolerance development, craving,<br />
diff<br />
peer pressure<br />
trauma<br />
other substance-use disorders<br />
withdrawal symptoms, compulsion<br />
alcohol-associated cerebral atrophy<br />
icult social situation<br />
psychiatric illnesses<br />
ENVIRONMENTAL<br />
FACTORS<br />
COMORBIDITY<br />
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