High rates of psychiatric diagnoses are found in young transgender women

Transgender women have a high prevalence of major depressive disorder, generalised anxiety disorder, suicidality, post-traumatic stress disorder, and substance dependence, research published in JAMA Paediatrics has found.1

The study of 298 sexually active transgender women aged 16 to 29 years found that 41% had one or more mental health or substance dependence diagnoses, and nearly one in five had two or more psychiatric …