Helping Out: Suicide & Self Harm Amongst Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgendered Adolescents
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3. Cochran S. & Mays V. (2000) Life- time prevalence of suicide symp-
toms and affective disorders among men reporting same-sex sexual partners: results from NHANES III. American Journal of Public Health 90(4), 573-578.
4. King M., McKeown E., Warner J., Ramsay A., Johnson K., Cort C., Wright L., Blizard R. & Davidson O. (2003) Mental health and quality of life of gay men and lesbians in England and Wales. British Journal of Psychiatry 183, 552-558.
5. van Wormer K. & McKinney R. (2003) What schools can do to help gay/lesbian/bisexual youth: a harm reduction approach. Ado- lescence 38(151), 409-420.
6. Norman J. & Galvin M. (2006) Straight talk: an investigation into attitudes and experiences of homophobic bullying in second- level schools. Dublin City Univer- sity, Dublin.
7. McDermott E., Roen K. & Scourf- ield J. (2008) Avoiding shame: young LGBT people, homophobia and self-destructive behaviours. Culture, Health & Sexuality 10(8), 815-829.
8. Blake S., Ledsky R., Lehman T., Goodenow C., Sawyer R. & Hack T. (2001) Preventing sexual risk behaviors among gay, lesbian and bisexual adolescents: the benefits of gay-sensitive HIV instruction in schools. American Journal of Public Health 91(6), 940-945.
9. Remafedi G. (2002) Suicidality in a venue-based sample of young men who have sex with men. Journal of Adolescent Health 31, 305-310.
10. Skegg K., Nada-Raja S., Dickson N., Paul C. & Williams S. (2003) Sexual orientation and self-harm in men and women. American Journal of Psychiatry 160(3), 541-546.
11. Poon, C. & Saewyc, E. (2009) Out yonder: sexual minority ado- lescents in rural communities
in British Columbia. American Journal of Public Health 99(1), 118-124.
12. Health Service Executive, the National Suicide Review Group and Department of Health and Children (2005-2014) Reach Out: National Strategy for Action on Suicide Prevention. Health Ser- vice Executive, Dublin.
13. Grossman A. & D’Augelli A. (2007) Transgender youth and life-threatening behaviours. Sui- cide and Life-Threatening Behav- iour 37(5), 527-537.
14. Mayock P., Bryan A., Carr N. & Kitching K. (2009) Supporting LGBT Lives: A Study of the Men- tal Health and Well-being of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans- gender People. Gay and Lesbian Equality Network and BeLonG To Youth Service, Dublin.
15. Williamson, I. (2000) Internalized homophobia and health issues affecting lesbians and gay men. Health Education Research 15(1), 97-107.
16. Willging C., Salvador M. & Kano M. (2006) Unequal treatment: mental health care for sexual and gender minority groups in a rural state. Psychiatric Services 57(6), 867-870.
17. Scourfield J. (2008) Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender young people’s experience of distress: resilience, ambivalence and self- destructive behaviour. Health and Social Care in the Commu- nity 16(3), 329-336.
18. McAndrew S. & Warne T. (2004) Ignoring the evidence dictating the practice: sexual orientation, suicidality and the dichotomy of the mental health nurse. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 11, 428-434.
19. Richardson B. (2009) Same-sex attraction: a model to aid nurses’ understanding. Paediatric Nurs- ing 21(10), 18-22.
20. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (2005) De- pression in children and young people: Identification and man- agement in primary, community and secondary care. Retrieved from http://www.nice.org.uk/ CG028 on 2 March 2009.
21. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (2005) Self- harm: The short-term physical and psychological management and secondary prevention of self-harm in primary and second- ary care.. Retrieved from http:// www.nice.org.uk/CG016 on 2 March 2009.
22. Lasser J. & Tharinger D. (2003) Visibility management in school and beyond: a qualitative study of gay, lesbian, bisexual youth. Journal of Adolescence 26, 233- 244.
23. Brown, R. (2002) Self harm and suicide risk for same-sex at- tracted young people: a family perspective. Australian e-Journal for the Advancement of Mental
Health 1(1), 3-11.
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O’Connor, N. (2012). Helping Out: Suicide & Self Harm Amongst Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgendered Adolescents. Trinity Student Medical Journal , 13(1), Page 42–45. Retrieved from https://ojs.tchpc.tcd.ie/index.php/tsmj/article/view/1818
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