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Many LGBTQ youth who die by suicide are bullied before their death
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.32388
Subject(s) - suicide prevention , injury prevention , medicine , poison control , medical record , cause of death , law enforcement , psychiatry , medical examiner , occupational safety and health , psychology , medical emergency , disease , political science , pathology , law , radiology
A new study looking at hundreds of LGBTQ youth who died by suicide finds that many were bullied before their death, adding to a growing body of evidence showing how bullying can result in deadly consequences, CNN Health reported. The study, published May 26 in JAMA Pediatrics , found that death records of LGBTQ youth who died by suicide were about five times more likely to mention bullying compared to records of non‐LGBTQ youth. Younger children appeared to be at greatest risk. Two‐thirds of LGBTQ children age 10 to 13 who died by suicide, for example, were bullied before their death. In the new study, researchers looked at death records of about 10,000 youth age 10 to 19 who died by suicide. The records, stored in a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention database, included narratives based on reports from coroners, medical examiners and law enforcement. Family, friends, diaries, social media posts, text messages and suicide notes all informed those reports. Out of the nearly 10,000 youth who died by suicide, about 330 were classified as LGBTQ. Overall, researchers identified almost 500 bullying‐associated deaths.