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Republicans lead to teen suicides

2011-04-18 14:20:31.393949+00 by Dan Lyke 0 comments

Here's the abstract for The Social Environment and Suicide Attempts in Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youth by Mark L. Hatzenbuehler, PhD in the journal Pediatrics. I'm having trouble finding a link to the articles that have been spawned by it in a place that I think they'll stick around, most of 'em are AP articles, but they, such as Daily Mail: Teen suicide attempts 'more likely if you live in Republican area', says Columbia researcher, mention an interesting little bit that I don't see in the abstract:

Attempts even by straight children are more common in GOP areas where schools lack programmes supporting gay rights, a Columbia University researcher believes.

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