Mental Disorders and Suicidality in Transgender and Gender-Diverse People

Heidi Eccles; Alex Abramovich; Karen A Patte; Tara Elton-Marshall; Nicole Racine; Mark A Ferro; Jordan Edwards; Kelly K Anderson; Tracie O Afifi; Marie-Claude Geoffroy; Mila Kingsbury; Ian Colman

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.36883

Mental Disorders and Suicidality in Transgender and Gender-Diverse People

JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Oct 1;7(10):e2436883. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.36883.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
² Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
³ Department of Health Sciences, Brock University, St Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Department of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ School of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
⁶ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
⁷ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
⁸ Departments of Community Health Sciences and Psychiatry, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
⁹ Department of Psychiatry, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill Group for Suicide Studies, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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Plain language summary

This cross-sectional study examines the prevalence and risk of mental disorders, substance use disorders, and suicidal behaviors among transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) and cisgender Canadians.

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Male
Mental Disorders* / epidemiology
Mental Disorders* / psychology
Middle Aged
Sexual and Gender Minorities / psychology
Sexual and Gender Minorities / statistics & numerical data
Suicidal Ideation
Suicide / psychology
Suicide / statistics & numerical data
Transgender Persons* / psychology
Transgender Persons* / statistics & numerical data
Young Adult