Research Letter

Sexual Orientation–Related Differences in Alcohol Use and Suicide Death

JAMA Network Open 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.54680

January 20, 2026 at 11:00 AM EST

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This cross-sectional study examines the role of any alcohol consumption, intoxication, and alcohol-involved crisis in the suicide death of lesbian, gay, and bisexual decedents compared with heterosexual decedents.

Corresponding Author: Sarah McKetta, MD, PhD, Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, 722 W 168 St, Room 527, New York, NY 10032 (scm2170@columbia.edu).

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