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Suicide attempts among gay and bisexual men: lifetime prevalence and antecedents.
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OBJECTIVES:
We examined lifetime prevalence of suicide attempts and psychosocial correlates in a large population-based sample of men who have sex with men (MSM).
METHODS:
A telephone probability sample of US urban MSM (n = 2881) were interviewed between November 1996 and February 1998.
RESULTS:
Twenty-one percent had made a suicide plan; 12% had attempted suicide (almost half of those 12% were multiple attempters). Most who attempted suicide made their first attempt before age 25. Although prevalence of parasuicide (i.e., attempted suicide) has remained constant across birth cohorts, mean age at initial attempts has declined.
CONCLUSIONS:
MSM are at elevated risk for suicide attempts, with such risk clustered earlier in life. Some risk factors were specific to being gay or bisexual in a hostile environment.
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Author information
Author/s: Paul, Jay P (JP); Catania, Joseph (J); Pollack, Lance (L); Moskowitz, Judith (J); Canchola, Jesse (J); Mills, Thomas (T); Binson, Diane (D); Stall, Ron (R);
Affiliation: University of California, San Francisco-Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA. jpaul@psg.ucsf.edu
Grants: MH42459 (Agency:United States NIMH) ; MH54320 (Agency:United States NIMH)
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Journal: American journal of public health (Am J Public Health), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2002-Aug; vol 92 (issue 8) : pp 1338-45
Dates: Created 2002/07/29; Completed 2002/08/20; Revised 2007/11/14;
PMID: 12144994, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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Comments and Corrections
CommentIn: Am J Public Health. 2002 Dec;92(12):1883; author reply 1883-4. (PMID: 12453796)
CommentIn: Am J Public Health. 2003 Jun;93(6):857; author reply 857-8. (PMID: 12773335)
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