Gender Identity Archives - Psychiatry Advisor

Transgender ED Visitors Experience More Marginalization Than Cisgender

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January 20, 2022

Previous studies have found transgender individuals to be 2 to 5 times more likely to have diagnosed depression or anxiety compared with cisgender individuals. They’re also up to 10 times more likely to commit suicide. Given the higher rates of mental illness in the transgender community, the researchers in the current study wanted to explore the characteristics of transgender individuals who visit the emergency department for an acute mental health issue.

Gender Dysphoria

Mental Health Improves With Access to Gender-Affirming Hormones

January 19, 2022

For transgender adults, access to gender-affirming hormones (GAH) during adolescence and adulthood is associated with improved mental health.

Child/Adolescent Psychiatry

Addressing the Mental Health Needs of Transgender Youth

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Tori Rodriguez, MA, LPC, AHC

July 16, 2021

Recent studies have shown an increase in depression and suicidality in transgender youth. To learn more about the mental health challenges affecting transgender youth and how clinicians can better support these patients, we interviewed Jason V. Lambrese, MD, staff child and adolescent psychiatrist at Cleveland Clinic’s Lakewood Family Health Canter in Lakewood, Ohio, and Ralph Vetters, MD, MPH, pediatrician and site medical director at the Sidney Borum Jr. Health Center, a program of Fenway Health in Boston.

Addiction

Scoping Review of Substance Use Among Sexual and Gender Minorities Finds Most Studies Exclude Women, Transgender Individuals, Ethnic Minorities

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Jessica Nye, PhD

July 13, 2021

With the number of studies reporting sexual orientation and gender identity disparities in mental health rising in the past 20 years, sexual and gender minority individuals have been found to be at a greater risk in accessing and maintaining good health than those identifying as heterosexual. Among the highest disparity are those related to alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use.

Gender Dysphoria

Increasing Trend for Youth in the US to Identify as Nonheterosexual

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Jessica Nye, PhD

July 6, 2021

With the national Youth Risk Behavior Survey including questions since 2015 that assess sexual identity and the sex of respondents’ sexual contacts, this has provided the opportunity to assess longitudinal trends that can be generalized to high school students in the US.

Gender Dysphoria

Diagnosis, Treatment of Gender Dysphoria Varies Among Children

June 9, 2021

Only 29 percent of children and adolescents with gender dysphoria receive a gender dysphoria-related diagnosis.

General Psychiatry

More Than Just a Pronoun: Ethics of Sex/Gender Assessment in Pediatrics

June 3, 2021

Karen Onel, MD, Nayimisha Balmuri, MD, and Jacob Spitznagle, MD, speak with us about the ethics of sex/gender assessment in a pediatric rheumatology population.

Gender Dysphoria

Gender-Affirming Surgery Boosts Mental Health in Transgender Adults

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Heather R. Johnson

May 27, 2021

The researchers studied links between gender-affirming surgeries and mental health outcomes, including psychological distress, substance use, and suicide risk.

Gender Dysphoria

Prevalence of Gender-Diverse Youth in an Urban School District

May 21, 2021

Overall, 9.2% of high school students report a gender-diverse identity, which is more prevalent among minorities than White students

APA 2021

Sex Reassignment Surgery Leads to Lower Rates of Nonsuicidal Self-Injury

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Psychiatry Advisor Contributing Writer

May 6, 2021

The researchers’ objectives included determining the prevalence of nonsuicidal self-injuries in transgender patients with gender dysphoria and to discover the effect of parental support on these patients.