Exploring the Impact of Online Mental Health Resources During the COVID-19 Pandemic on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Questioning Adults Compared to Heterosexual Adults: Pretest-Posttest Survey Analyses

Natalia Ramos   ^{1 *} , MPH, MD ;   Skylar Jones   ^{1 *} , BA ;   Lily Zhang   ^{2 *} , MS ;   Miriam Nuño   ^{3 *} , PhD ;   Benita Ramsey   ^{4 *} , MA, JD ;   Dannie Ceseña   ^{5 *} , MPH ;   Alyssa Mireles   ² , MPH ;   Kenneth Wells   ^{1, 6, 7 *} , MPH, MD

¹ Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States

² Research Center for Health Services and Society, Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States

³ Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States

⁴ Rainbow Pride Youth Alliance, San Bernadino, CA, United States

⁵ California LGBTQ Health Human Services Network, Carson, CA, United States

⁶ Center for Health Services and Society, Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States

⁷ Department of Health Policy and Management, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States

*these authors contributed equally