Suicide Risk Behaviors Among Sexual Minority Adolescents in the United States, 2015

JAMA. 2017 Dec 19;318(23):2349-2351. doi: 10.1001/jama.2017.16908.

Authors

Theodore L Caputi¹, Davey Smith², John W Ayers³

Affiliations

¹ Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
² University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla.
³ Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, California.

Abstract

This survey study estimates suicide risk behaviors of sexual minority adolescents using National Youth Risk Behavior Survey data from 2015.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Female
Heterosexuality
Humans
Male
Risk-Taking*
Sexual and Gender Minorities / psychology*
Sexual and Gender Minorities / statistics & numerical data
Suicidal Ideation
Suicide / statistics & numerical data*
Suicide, Attempted / statistics & numerical data
Surveys and Questionnaires
United States

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