A systematic review of social stress and mental health among transgender and gender non-conforming people in the United States

SE Valentine, JC Shipherd - Clinical psychology review, 2018 - Elsevier
Transgender and gender non-conforming (TGNC) populations, including those who do not
identify with gender binary constructs (man or woman) are increasingly recognized in health …

Factors that drive mental health disparities and promote well-being in transgender and nonbinary people

EA Tebbe, SL Budge - Nature Reviews Psychology, 2022 - nature.com
Transgender (or trans) is an umbrella term for individuals who experience their gender
differently from what is associated with the sex they were assigned at birth. Individuals who …

Factors associated with depression, anxiety, and PTSD symptomatology during the COVID-19 pandemic: Clinical implications for US young adult mental health

CH Liu, E Zhang, GTF Wong, S Hyun - Psychiatry research, 2020 - Elsevier
This study sought to identify factors associated with depression, anxiety, and PTSD
symptomatology in US young adults (18-30 years) during the COVID-19 pandemic. This …

A critical review of current evidence on multiple types of discrimination and mental health.

SM Vargas, SJ Huey Jr, J Miranda - American Journal of …, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
Little is known about people who experience multiple types of discrimination (eg, racism and
heterosexism). While some work suggests that multiply discriminated groups are at higher …

Comparing the health of non-binary and binary transgender adults in a statewide non-probability sample

SL Reisner, JMW Hughto - PLoS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background In the US, non-binary refers to transgender people who have a gender identity
not aligned with their assigned sex at birth, and who identify outside of the traditional male …

Posttraumatic stress in the trans community: The roles of anti-transgender bias, non-affirmation, and internalized transphobia.

SM Barr, KE Snyder, JL Adelson… - Psychology of Sexual …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Transgender people have higher rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) than the
general population. This risk can be partially understood by conceptualizing day-to-day bias …

How minority stress becomes traumatic invalidation: An emotion-focused conceptualization of minority stress in sexual and gender minority people.

ND Cardona, RJ Madigan… - … Psychology: Science and …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Transdiagnostic mechanisms such as emotion dysregulation have been found to influence
the relationships among minority stressors and poor mental health outcomes in sexual and …

Social and medical gender affirmation experiences are inversely associated with mental health problems in a US non-probability sample of transgender adults

JMW Hughto, HA Gunn, BA Rood… - Archives of sexual …, 2020 - Springer
A dearth of research has explored concurrently the associations between multiple forms of
gender affirmation (or transitioning) and the mental health of transgender adults. In 2015 …

Identity concealment in transgender adults: A qualitative assessment of minority stress and gender affirmation.

BA Rood, MR Maroney, JA Puckett… - American Journal of …, 2017 - psycnet.apa.org
Minority individuals might conceal their identity in social contexts in an effort to avoid stigma
and victimization. Unfortunately, identity concealment is thought to impact psychological …

Trauma-informed and affirmative mental health practices with LGBTQ+ clients.

JS Levenson, SL Craig, A Austin - Psychological Services, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
People with diverse sexual orientations, gender identities, and gender expression are at
greater risk for trauma, discrimination, and victimization than heterosexual and cisgender …