Gay and lesbian teens are 3 times more likely to report a history of suicidality and more than twice as likely to report symptoms of depression than their heterosexual counterparts, new research suggests.
In what is reportedly the first systematic review and analysis of suicidality and depressive symptoms in sexual minority youth (SMY), a large meta-analysis conducted by investigators at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in Pennsylvania showed 28% of gay teens reported a history of suicidality compared with 12% of heterosexual teens.
«Gay youth report being 3 times more likely to have a history of suicidality than heterosexual youth, which is a striking difference. We had 18 studies and a total of 105 odds ratios (ORs) that we examined and, as a whole, 104 of 105 leaned in the direction of gay youth being at higher risk — so these results were tremendously robust,» principal investigator Michael Marshal, PhD, told Medscape Medical News.
Les mer: ‘Striking’ Risk for Suicidality, Depression in Gay Teens (Krever gratis registrering og innlogging på Medscape.com)
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