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Gender conversion efforts connected to adverse MH outcomes
Author(s) -
Canady Valerie A.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.32053
Subject(s) - transgender , gender identity , mental health , psychology , psychiatry , identity (music) , medicine , clinical psychology , social psychology , psychoanalysis , physics , acoustics
Attempts to change one's gender identity have been associated with adverse mental health outcomes, according to new research published Sept. 11 in JAMA Psychiatry . Researchers say the study is considered the first to show a correlation between conversion efforts and these outcomes, such as suicide attempts, among transgender adults in the United States.