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© 2002 American Public Health Association
RESEARCH AND PRACTICE |
Jay P. Paul, Joseph Catania, Lance Pollack, Judith Moskowitz, Jesse Canchola, and Diane Binson are with the University of California, San Francisco—Center for AIDS Prevention Studies. At the time of the study, Thomas Mills was with the University of California, San Francisco. Ron Stall is with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Behavioral Interventions Research Branch, Atlanta, Ga.
Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Jay P. Paul, PhD, University of California, San Francisco, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, 74 New Montgomery St, San Francisco, CA 94105 (e-mail: jpaul{at}psg.ucsf.edu).
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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