TY - JOUR
T1 - Sexual orientation and risk factors for suicidal ideation and suicide attempts among adolescents and young adults
AU - Silenzio, Vincent M.B.
AU - Pena, Juan B.
AU - Duberstein, Paul R.
AU - Cerel, Julie
AU - Knox, Kerry L.
PY - 2007/1/11
Y1 - 2007/1/11
N2 - Same-gender sexual orientation has been repeatedly shown to exert an independent influence on suicidal ideation and suicide attempts, suggesting that risk factors and markers may differ in relative importance between lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals and others. Analyses of recent data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health revealed that lesbian, gay, and bisexual respondents reported higher rates of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts than did heterosexual respondents and that drug use and depression were associated with adverse outcomes among heterosexual respondents but not among lesbian, gay, and bi-sexual respondents.
AB - Same-gender sexual orientation has been repeatedly shown to exert an independent influence on suicidal ideation and suicide attempts, suggesting that risk factors and markers may differ in relative importance between lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals and others. Analyses of recent data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health revealed that lesbian, gay, and bisexual respondents reported higher rates of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts than did heterosexual respondents and that drug use and depression were associated with adverse outcomes among heterosexual respondents but not among lesbian, gay, and bi-sexual respondents.
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U2 - 10.2105/AJPH.2006.095943
DO - 10.2105/AJPH.2006.095943
M3 - Article
C2 - 17901445
AN - SCOPUS:35748977654
SN - 0090-0036
VL - 97
SP - 2017
EP - 2019
JO - American Journal of Public Health
JF - American Journal of Public Health
IS - 11
ER -
