Sexual orientation and suicidal behaviour in adolescents and young adults: systematic review and meta-analysis

A Miranda-Mendizábal1, P Castellví1, O Parés-Badell1

  • 1A. Miranda-Mendizábal, MD, MPH, Health Services Research Group, Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacións Mèdiques (IMIM) and Department of Health and Experimental Sciences, Pompeu Fabra University (UPF), Barcelona; P. Castellví, PhD, Health Services Research Group, IMIM and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Barcelona; O. Parés-Badell, MD, MPH, Health Services Research Group, IMIM, Barcelona; J. Almenara, MD, PhD, Faculty of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Cádiz; I. Alonso, PhD, Morales Meseguer Hospital, Murcia; M. J. Blasco, MSc, Health Services Research Group, IMIM, Department of Health and Experimental Sciences, UPF, and CIBERESP, Barcelona; A. Cebrià, PhD, Department of Mental Health, Corporació Sanitaria Parc Taulí, Sabadell; A. Gabilondo, MD, PhD, Outpatient Mental Health Care Network, Osakidetza-Basque Health Service, and Mental Health and Psychiatric Care Research Unit, BioDonosti Health Research Institute; M. Gili, PhD, Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut (IUNICS-IDISPA), University of Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca; C. Lagares, PhD, Department of Statistics and Operative Research, University of Cádiz; J. A. Piqueras, PhD, Department of Health Psychology, Miguel Hernandez University of Elche; M. Roca, MD, PhD, IUNICS-IDISPA and Network of Preventive Activities and Health Promotion, University of Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca; J. Rodríguez-Marín, PhD, T. Rodríguez-Jiménez, PhD, v. Soto-Sanz, BSc, Department of Health Psychology, Miguel Hernandez University of Elche; G. Vilagut, Health Services Research Group, IMIM, and CIBERESP, Barcelona; Jordi Alonso, MD, PhD, Health Services Research Group, IMIM, Department of Health and Experimental Sciences, UPF, and CIBERESP, Barcelona, Spain.

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