Background: Previous research has consistently reported high rates of mental health
symptomatology and lower social support in young treatment seeking transgender …

Purpose Transgender youth represent a vulnerable population at risk for negative mental
health outcomes including depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicidality. Limited data exist …

Purpose Adolescence is a developmental phase in which young people begin to explore
their identity and seek to understand how their identity fits into the larger society. Although …

BACKGROUND: Understanding the magnitude of mental health problems, particularly life-
threatening ones, experienced by transgender and/or gender nonconforming (TGNC) youth …

Transgender and gender variant (GV) youth experience elevated risk for poor health and
academic outcomes due mainly to social experiences of stigma and discrimination. To …

Significant health disparities exist for transgender female (trans* female) youth. We
assessed differences in mental health outcomes based on exposure to discrimination …

Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) children and adolescents are an increasingly visible
yet highly stigmatized group. These youth experience more psychological distress than not …

Transgender and gender diverse youth (TGD) report high rates of mental health concerns.
However, there is reason to expect that among TGD youth there is variation in mental health …

Transgender and gender-nonconforming (TGN) youth are at increased risk for adverse
mental health outcomes, but better family functioning may be protective. This study …

BACKGROUND: Transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) adolescents have
difficulty accessing and receiving health care compared with cisgender youth, yet research …