STAT (11/7) reports that in findings published last month in Pediatrics, researchers “analyzed mental health among 2,000 teens, more than half of whom were transgender.” The researchers “asked teens to identify their current gender identity and what gender they were assigned at birth.” The findings reveal that “transgender boys were at the highest risk of a suicide attempt requiring medical attention, followed by non-binary teens assigned male at birth.” Also, “transgender girls were six times more likely than cis boys to have suicidal thoughts.”
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— “Mental health studies lump transgender teens under one umbrella — and miss clues to help them in the process, “Megan Thielking, STAT, November 7, 2019