It's a package deal. And this is not a case of which came first, the chicken or the egg.
As a majority, they have mental issues.
Standing by for the but.......but....but...... deflections.
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"Of 10,270 transgender patients identified, 58% (
n=5940) had at least one psychiatric diagnosis compared with 13.6% (
n=7,311,780) in the control patient population (
p<0.0005). Transgender patients had a statistically significant increase in prevalence for all psychiatric diagnoses queried, with major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder being the most common diagnoses (31% and 12%, respectively). Utilizing an all-payer database, although not without limitations, enables assessment of mental health and substance use diagnoses in this otherwise small population."
Results
"We identified 53,449,400 patients, of which 10,270 (0.0192%) had gender minority-related codes. The median age was 35–39 years old for both groups (
p=0.99).
Table 1 lists the prevalence of
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) diagnoses for each population.
Approximately 58% of transgender patients had at least one DSM-5 diagnosis compared with 13.6% of cisgender patients (
p<0.0005).
Transgender patients had increased prevalence for all psychiatric diagnoses queried (
Table 1), with major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder being the most common diagnoses (31% and 12%, respectively).
There was also an increased lifetime prevalence of bipolar disorder (11%) and psychotic disorders (4.7% overall, 2.5% for schizophrenia and 2.2% for schizoaffective disorder) in transgender adults. Ten percent of transgender adults had a history of a substance use disorder, including 4.2% for alcohol and 3.8% for cannabis."
We performed a cross-sectional analysis of the prevalence of psychiatric diagnoses among transgender patients in clinical care using an all-payer electronic health record database. Of 10,270 transgender patients identified, 58% (n=5940) had at least ...