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Healthcare Mistreatment is Associated With Psychological Distress, Suicidality, and Substance Use Among Transgender and Nonbinary Emerging Adults
December 2024
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Using data from the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey, this study examines the association between experiences of health care mistreatment and mental health issues and substance use among transgender and nonbinary young adults who had sought health care services in the past year. It appeared in Emerging Adulthood in December 2024.
Highlights
The most common health care mistreatment was having to educate providers and verbal abuse from providers.
More than half of the trans and nonbinary sample reported symptoms consistent with serious mental distress.
Nearly one-third reported either binge drinking, illicit substance use, or prescription misuse.
Data Points