The researchers used clinical and MRI data before cross-sex hormone therapy as features to train a machine learning model to predict individuals’ post-therapy body congruence (the degree to which photos of their bodies match their self-identities).
Transgender persons who present for gender-affirming hormone therapy may be at an elevated cardiovascular risk.
Transgender or gender nonconforming adolescents face a wide range of physical and mental health concerns. In mainland China, a school-based study explores the prevalence and mental health status of these adolescents.
Does a relationship exist between the age of presentation to gender-affirming medical care and mental health difficulties?
For gender-incongruent youth presenting for gender-affirming medical care, late pubertal stage and older age are associated with worse mental health.
Sexual dysfunction has a significant impact on quality of life, personal relationships, self-esteem, and recovery, and it is a common cause for nonadherence or discontinuation of medication.
Possession of gender-concordant identity documents may improve mental health among trans persons.
Significant predictors of suicidality in all patient groups included age, Medicaid eligibility, depression or other behavioral health conditions, avoidable hospitalizations, and any “violence victimization”.
Recent shifts in studies of sex and gender reiterate the critical need to tailor mental health care to each patient and to remain mindful about assumptions regarding sex and gender and their role in a given patient’s specific challenges.
More teenagers are identifying as sexual minorities, and sexual minority youth have high prevalence of suicidal ideation, plans, and attempts.
