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Suicidal ideation and self-harm in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth.
Richard T. Liu,Brian Mustanski +1 more
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General and LGBT-specific risk factors both uniquely contribute to likelihood of suicidal ideation and self-harm in LGBT youth, which may, in part, account for the higher risk of these phenomena observed in this population.About:
This article is published in American Journal of Preventive Medicine.The article was published on 2012-03-01. It has received 341 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Suicidal ideation & Suicide prevention.read more
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Mental Health of Transgender Children Who Are Supported in Their Identities.
TL;DR: Socially transitioned transgender children who are supported in their gender identity have developmentally normative levels of depression and only minimal elevations in anxiety, suggesting that psychopathology is not inevitable within this group.
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Mental health of transgender youth in care at an adolescent urban community health center: A matched retrospective cohort study.
Sari L. Reisner,Sari L. Reisner,Ralph Vetters,M. Leclerc,Shayne Zaslow,Sarah Wolfrum,Daniel E. Shumer,Matthew J. Mimiaga +7 more
TL;DR: Transgender youth were found to have a disparity in negative mental health outcomes compared with cisgender youth, with equally high burden in FTM and MTF patients.
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A longitudinal study of predictors of suicide attempts among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth.
Brian Mustanski,Richard T. Liu +1 more
TL;DR: The results highlight the need for suicide prevention programs for LGBT youth and suggest the importance of addressing depression and hopelessness as proximal determinants and family support and victimization, which have more distal effects.
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Intervenable factors associated with suicide risk in transgender persons: a respondent driven sampling study in Ontario, Canada
TL;DR: Interventions to increase social inclusion and access to medical transition, and to reduce transphobia, have the potential to contribute to substantial reductions in the extremely high prevalences of suicide ideation and attempts within trans populations.
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Mental Health and Suicidality Among Racially/Ethnically Diverse Sexual Minority Youths
Wendy B. Bostwick,Ian Meyer,Frances Aranda,Stephen T. Russell,Tonda L. Hughes,Michelle Birkett,Brian Mustanski +6 more
TL;DR: More research is needed to better understand the manner in which sex and race/ethnicity intersect among sexual minorities to influence risk and protective factors, and ultimately, mental health outcomes.
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