Medical Express - Amid an increase in suicidal behavior among teen girls, new research links this phenomenon to the significant increase in the number of female students identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or questioning (LGBQ). "This finding suggests that the overall increase in female suicidality is not due to all female students becoming more suicidal, but rather to a larger proportion of students being part of a group that has historically experienced higher rates of suicidal thoughts and behaviors due to social and structural pressures," says lead author Joseph Cimpian, professor of economics and education policy at NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development....
From the sample of more than 44,000 students, they found that the percentage of high school females identifying as LGBQ more than doubled, rising from 15% in 2015 to 34% in 2021. During this same period, suicidal ideation among all female students increased from 23% to 29%, and suicide planning increased from 19% to 23%. Between 2017 and 2021, suicide attempts among female students increased from 10% to 13%.
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