Kirsty A. Clark

Lethal Means and Precipitating Circumstances in Transgender Youth Suicide Mortality

Purpose: Transgender youth experience disproportionately high rates of suicidality, yet little is known about suicide mortality in this population. We characterized suicide lethal methods and precipitating circumstances among transgender youth and compared these factors with matc...

Suicide Risk in Adults: The Roles of Defeat, Entrapment, and Sexual and Gender Minority Identity Across Two Samples

OBJECTIVE: interventions targeting these mechanisms may be most effective. METHOD: = 734). RESULTS: SGM participants reported higher rates of lifetime suicidal ideation across both samples, and higher levels of defeat and entrapment as compared to cis/het in Sample 1. Defeat and...