Unaddressed Sources of Bias Lead to Biased Conclusions About Sexual Orientation Change Efforts and Suicidality in Sexual Minority Individuals

Overview

Journal Arch Sex Behav

Specialties Psychiatry
Social Sciences

Date 2022 Dec 6

PMID 36472764

Authors

Adovich S Rivera

Lauren B Beach

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