Citation

Caputi TL, Smith D, Ayers JW. J. Am. Med. Assoc. JAMA 2017; 318(23): 2349-2351.

Affiliation

Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, California.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, American Medical Association)

DOI

10.1001/jama.2017.16908

PMID

29260214

Abstract

Sexual minority (lesbian, gay, bisexual, or questioning) adolescents are believed to have elevated suicide risks. Studies supporting this claim, however, rarely use nationally representative samples, which is a major limitation given that stigma and prevention resources vary across communities and may influence suicide risk behaviors. When nationally representative studies are available, they are not recent. Moreover, studies have ignored the diversity among sexual minorities, assuming all share the same risks. We estimated suicide risk behaviors of sexual minority adolescents using nationally representative data from 2015...

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