Comments on: Closeted soldiers have more mental health problems http://www.washingtonblade.com/2013/03/06/closeted-soldiers-have-more-mental-health-problems/ the gay community's news source Wed, 22 May 2013 12:32:04 +0000 hourly 1 By: Bryan Cochran http://www.washingtonblade.com/2013/03/06/closeted-soldiers-have-more-mental-health-problems/#comment-95942 Bryan Cochran Fri, 08 Mar 2013 03:28:34 +0000 http://www.washingtonblade.com/?p=60849#comment-95942 As one of the researchers cited for this study, I would like to note that the 14.7% rate quoted regarding suicide is for suicide *attempts* among LGB veterans, not for completed suicides. I believe that the comparison rate for the general veteran community provided in the article (.0003%) is for completed suicides. Obviously, in any population studied, suicide attempts are much more common than actual completed suicides. so these rates cannot be compared directly.

I would also like to acknowledge co-authors on the research study: Kimberly Balsam at Palo Alto University, Tracy Simpson and Carol Malte at the VA Puget Sound–Seattle Division, and Annesa Flentje, currently at UCSF.

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