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November 2007, Vol 97, No. 11 | American Journal of Public Health 2017-2019
© 2007 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.095943

RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

Sexual Orientation and Risk Factors for Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Attempts Among Adolescents and Young Adults

Vincent M.B. Silenzio, MD, MPH, Juan B. Pena, PhD, Paul R. Duberstein, PhD, Julie Cerel, PhD and Kerry L. Knox, PhD

At the time of the study, Vincent M. B. Silenzio was with the Departments of Family Medicine, Psychiatry, and Community and Preventive Medicine, University of Rochester, NY, and the Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY. Juan B. Pena was with the Department of Psychiatry, University of Rochester, Rochester. Paul R. Duberstein was with the Department of Psychiatry and the Department of Family Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester. Julie Cerel was with the University of Kentucky School of Social Work, Lexington. Kerry L. Knox was with the Department of Community and the Department of Preventive Medicine and Psychiatry, University of Rochester, Rochester.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Vincent M.B. Silenzio, MD, MPH, Family Medicine Research Program, 1381 South Ave, Rochester, NY 14620 (e-mail: v.m. silenzio{at}rochester.edu).

Same-gender sexual orientation has been repeatedly shown to exert an independent influence on suicidal ideation and suicide attempts, suggesting that risk factors and markers may differ in relative importance between lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals and others. Analyses of recent data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health revealed that lesbian, gay, and bisexual respondents reported higher rates of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts than did heterosexual respondents and that drug use and depression were associated with adverse outcomes among heterosexual respondents but not among lesbian, gay, and bisexual respondents.




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