Dr. Nathan Smith of ECP, Speaks on Health Benefits of Coming out of the Closet for LGB Individuals

Dr. Nathan Smith, Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology and his colleagues at the Université de Montréal published a new study that shows health benefits of coming out of the closet for lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals.

Dr. Smith, co-author of Sexual Orientation and Disclosure in Relation to Psychiatric Symptoms, recently spoke about this in an Alpha Galileo Foundation article; “’Coming out of the closet is a major milestone in lives of LGBs that has not been studied extensively using interdisciplinary approaches that assess stress biomarkers’”.

To read the full article “Study demonstrates health benefits of coming out of the closet” please visit the Alpha Galileo Foundation website.