The relationship between suicide risk and sexual orientation: results of a population-based study

• Published in: American journal of public health (1971) Vol. 88; no. 1; pp. 57 - 60
• Main Authors: Remafedi, G, French, S, Story, M, Resnick, M D, Blum, R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC Am Public Health Assoc 01.01.1998; American Public Health Association
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Biological and medical sciences; Bisexuality; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Gays & lesbians; Gender; Health surveys; Heterosexuality; Humans; Logistic Models; Male; Males; Medical sciences; Minnesota; Odds Ratio; Population; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Public health; Public schools; Quantitative psychology; Response rates; Risk Factors; School districts; Sexual Behavior - psychology; Sexual orientation; Socioeconomic factors; Students; Suicide; Suicides & suicide attempts; Teenagers; USA; Minnesota; Human; Homosexuality; Sexuality; Sexual behavior; Risk factor; Sex; Bisexuality; Suicide; Epidemiology; Public health

This study examined the relationship between sexual orientation and suicide risk in a population-based sample of adolescents. Participants were selected from a cross-sectional, statewide survey of junior and senior public high school students. All males (n = 212) and females (n = 182) who described...