@article{ref1,
title="Mental health service use among lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults who report having attempted suicide",
journal="Psychiatric services",
year="2022",
author="Ramchand, Rajeev and Schuler, Megan S. and Ayer, Lynsay and Colpe, Lisa and Schoenbaum, Michael",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: This study estimated mental health service use among lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) adults in the United States who reported having made a suicide attempt. <br><br>METHODS: Data came from the pooled 2015-2019 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health. Of the 191,954 adult respondents, 1,946 reported a past-year suicide attempt. Survey-weighted descriptive and regression analyses were conducted to compare mental health service use among LGB and heterosexual adults. <br><br>RESULTS: Three percent of LGB adults (N=598) reported having attempted suicide in the past year, compared with 0.5% of heterosexual adults (N=1,348). Mental health treatment use was significantly higher among LGB adults than among heterosexual adults (64% versus 56%) before analyses were adjusted for sociodemographic characteristics. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Because suicide attempts and mental health use are elevated among LGB adults, clinicians must provide evidence-based approaches for identifying and managing suicide risk to LGB adults in an affirming manner.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1075-2730",
doi="10.1176/appi.ps.20220132",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.20220132"
}