@article{ref1,
title="Nonsuicidal self-injury, suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts among sexual minority youth in Ireland during their emerging adult years",
journal="Early intervention in psychiatry",
year="2015",
author="Power, Emmet and Coughlan, Helen and Clarke, Mary and Kelleher, Ian and Lynch, Fionnuala and Connor, Dearbhla and Fitzpatrick, Carol and Harley, Michelle and Cannon, Mary",
volume="10",
number="5",
pages="441-445",
abstract="AIM: This study aimed to examine whether or not sexual minority youth constitute an at-risk group for nonsuicidal self-injury, suicidal ideation or suicide attempts during their emerging adult years. <br><br>METHODS: Using data from the Challenging Times Study, a population-based study of psychopathology and suicide in Ireland, analyses were conducted to test the associations between sexual minority status and the odds of any lifetime experience of nonsuicidal self-injury, suicidal thoughts or suicide attempts among Irish youth aged 19-24 years. <br><br>RESULTS: Sexual minority youth had 6.6-fold (95% CI 1.7-24.7) increased risk of nonsuicidal self-injury, a 5.0-fold (95% CI 1.3-18.3) increased risk of suicidal ideation, a 7.7-fold (95% CI 1.8-32.0) increased risk of suicide intent and a 6.8-fold (95% CI 1.6-27.6) increased risk of a suicide attempt during their lifetime compared to their heterosexual peers. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: This study shows that emerging adulthood is a period of risk for suicide and nonsuicidal self-injurious behaviour among sexual minority youth.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1751-7885",
doi="10.1111/eip.12249",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eip.12249"
}