Rates of depression, experienced by sexual minority individuals, are higher in the general population when compared to their heterosexual peers.

Sexual Orientation and Depression
It was found that sexual minority interns had experienced greater depressive symptoms than their heterosexual peers and that this gap widens throughout training. Moreover, the resident physicians were also found to have a high risk of depression.‘Rates of depression, experienced by sexual minority individuals are higher in the general population when compared to their heterosexual peers.’

The study hereby provides the mental health status of sexual minority trainees who experience higher rates of mistreatment (harassment and discrimination) and other unique stressors. 




However, further data are required to overcome study limitations like the inability to assess different sexual minority subgroups separately or to account for the effects of intersecting identities.
Source-Medindia