A third of LGBT youth suffer mental disorders

Wednesday, December 1, 2010 - 15:00 in Health & Medicine

One-third of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth have attempted suicide in their lifetime -- a prevalence comparable to urban, minority youth -- but a majority do not experience mental illness, according to a report by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

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