Suicide Risk and Sexual Orientation: A Critical Review.
Many studies have reported higher rates of suicide attempts among sexual minority individuals compared with their heterosexual counterparts. For suicides, however, it has been argued that there is no sexual orientation risk difference, based on the results of psychological autopsy studies. The purpo...
| Publicado en: | Archives of Sexual Behavior Vol. 42; no. 5; pp. 715 - 728 |
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Springer Nature
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