title: Adolescent homosexuality: we need to learn more about causes and consequences.
abstract: In this issue a descriptive study of various aspects of homosexual orientation among adolescents is presented. In agreement with previous American studies, the authors identify three separate domains of homosexuality: attraction, fantasy and self-identification. This knowledge is important in understanding an adolescent struggling with homosexual thoughts.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The development of an homosexual identity is a process connected with serious health hazards related to both physical and mental health. Most adolescents are not given adequate support because heterosexuality is considered the norm in most cultures.
authors.affiliation: Institute for the Health of Women and Children, Medical Faculty, Göteborg University, The Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden. kristina.berg-kelly@vgregion.se
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Berg-Kelly
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D000367:Age Factors; D005201:Fantasy; D006716:Homosexuality / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological