Suicidal Ideation and Attempt Among Adolescents Reporting "Unsure" Sexual Identity or Heterosexual Identity Plus Same-Sex Attraction or Behavior: Forgotten Groups?

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 104-113

  Zhao, Yue ^a,b   Montoro, Richard ^a,c   Igartua, Karine ^a,c   Thombs, Brett D ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Sexual identity; Suicidality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CANADA; FANTASY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; QUEBEC; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 76249095961     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-201002000-00004     Document Type: Article

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