Healio (11/7, Welsh) reports, “Transgender individuals who receive gender-affirming surgeries are less likely to require mental health treatment,” researchers concluded in “the first total population study of transgender individuals with a gender incongruence diagnosis.” The findings were published online Oct. 4 in the American Journal of Psychiatry, a publication of the American Psychiatric Association.
Related Links:
— “Gender-affirming surgeries reduce mental health treatment in transgender population, “Erin T. Welsh, Healio, November 7, 2019