ArticleThe Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine2019
What's Unique About Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Youth and Young Adult Suicides? Findings From the National Violent Death Reporting System.
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- Informing Equitable Prevention Practices: A Statewide Disaggregated Analysis of Suicide for Ethnoracially Minoritized Adolescents.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2024Article
- Assessment and determinants of depression and anxiety on a global sample of sexual and gender diverse people at high risk of HIV: a public health approach.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Prevalence of risk factors among adolescents who attempted suicide: a cross-sectional studyRevista da Escola de Enfermagem da U S P · 2024Article
- A Suicide Prevention Intervention for Emerging Adult Sexual and Gender Minority Groups: Protocol for a Pilot Hybrid Effectiveness Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
- Adapting Community Health Worker Care Models to Advance Mental Health Services Among LGBTQ Youth.Administration and policy in mental health · 2023Article
- Research utility and limitations of textual data in the National Violent Death Reporting System: a scoping review and recommendations.Injury epidemiology · 2023Article
- Developing technology-based interventions for infectious diseases: ethical considerations for young sexual and gender minority people.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2023Article
- Interpersonal and self-directed violence among sexual and gender minority populations: Moving research from prevalence to prevention.Current epidemiology reports · 2022Article
- Suicidal and nonsuicidal self-harming thoughts and behaviors in clinically referred children and adolescents with gender dysphoria.Clinical child psychology and psychiatry · 2022Article
- Suicidal ideation and self-injury in LGB youth: a longitudinal study from urban Switzerland.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeThe purpose of the study was to explore variability in circumstances around suicide deaths among youth and young adults by sexual/gender identity category (gay male, lesbian/gay female, bisexual male, bisexual female, transgender male, transgender female, non-LGBT [lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender] male, and non-LGBT female).
methodsSecondary analysis of National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) data for all 12- to 29-year-olds who died by suicide in NVDRS participating states. Coverage begins in 2013, the year that NVDRS began coding for sexual orientation and transgender status, and ends in 2015, the latest year of NVDRS data available. The valid sample was limited to cases in which sexual orientation or transgender status could be determined postmortem, n = 2,209.
resultsAlmost one quarter (24%) of 12- to 14-year-olds who died by suicide were LGBT, whereas only 8% of 25- to 29-year-olds who died by suicide were LGBT. Most non-LGBT males and bisexual males died by firearm and had intimate partner problems contribute to their deaths. Non-LGBT females and LGBT persons other than bisexual males were generally less likely to use firearms. They were also more likely to have psychiatric diagnoses, prior suicidality, and family problems contributing to their deaths. Rates of many circumstances varied widely among LGBT subgroups.
conclusionsThe LGBT versus non-LGBT suicide disparity is greatest at younger ages, and each LGBT subgroup has its own specific risk profile for suicide. Suicide prevention and intervention efforts targeted at LGBT youth may increase their effectiveness by attending to these distinct risk profiles.
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