Citation

O'Donnell S, Meyer I, Schwartz S. Am. J. Public Health 2011; 101(6): 1055-1059.

Affiliation

University of Alberta.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, American Public Health Association)

DOI

10.2105/AJPH.2010.300032

PMID

21493928

Abstract

Members of racial/ethnic minority groups have a lower lifetime prevalence than have Whites of mental disorders, a risk factor for suicide attempts; paradoxically, however, lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) ethnic minority youths may be at increased risk for suicide attempts relative to White LGB youths. We found that the increased risk of suicide attempts among racial/ethnic minority LGB respondents in our sample relative to White respondents was not explained by excess youth onset of depression and substance abuse or by a higher susceptibility to suicide in the racial/ethnic minority LGB group. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print April 14, 2011: e1-e4. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2010.300032).

Language: en