Suicide related ideation and behavior among Canadian gay and bisexual men: A syndemic analysis

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ferlatte, Olivier ^a,b   Dulai, Joshun ^b   Hottes, Travis Salway ^b,c   Trussler, Terry ^b   Marchand, Rick ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Executive Director   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bisexual men; Canada; Gay men; Homophobia; Suicide; Syndemic; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BISEXUALITY; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MEN'S HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PREJUDICE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; BISEXUALITY; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; PREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84933504426     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1961-5     Document Type: Article

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