Risk and Resilience Factors for Mental Health among Transgender and Gender Nonconforming (TGNC) Youth: A Systematic Review

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amelia P. Tankersley ◽  
Erika L. Grafsky ◽  
Janey Dike ◽  
Russell T. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Risk And Resilience ◽  
Gender Nonconforming ◽  
Resilience Factors ◽  
And Gender

Relationship among gender-related stress, resilience factors, and mental health in a Midwestern U.S. transgender and gender-nonconforming population

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 433-445 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie L. Brennan ◽  
Jay Irwin ◽  
Andjela Drincic ◽  
N. Jean Amoura ◽  
Amanda Randall ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Stress Resilience ◽  
Gender Nonconforming ◽  
Resilience Factors ◽  
Related Stress ◽  
And Gender

scholarly journals The study protocol: Neuroendocrinology and (epi-) genetics of female reproductive transition phase mood disorder - an observational, longitudinal study from pregnancy to postpartum

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Johann ◽  
Ulrike Ehlert
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Postpartum Depression ◽  
Family System ◽  
Risk And Resilience ◽  
Pregnancy And Postpartum ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Resilience Factors ◽  
Insight Into

Abstract Background Postpartum depression is considered to be one of the most common health threats during pregnancy and postpartum, affecting not only the woman herself but also the offspring and the whole family system. Evidence for a conclusive etiopathological model with distinct risk and resilience factors is still broadly lacking. Therefore, the aim of the present study is to investigate numerous health-related markers to obtain greater insight into which biopsychosocial profiles render women more vulnerable to PPD or facilitate a healthy transition from pregnancy to postpartum. Methods The observational, longitudinal study aims to include a total of 288 physically healthy women, aged 20–45 years. A multitude of relevant parameters, of an (epi-) genetic, endocrinological, physiological and psychological nature, will be assessed over a period of 5 months, following the participants from the 3rd trimester until three months postpartum. Discussion The ultimate goal of the present study is to ameliorate mental health care during pregnancy and postpartum, by gaining a better understanding of the underlying biopsychosocial mechanisms that women undergo during the transition from pregnancy to postpartum.

The Presenting Concerns of Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Clients at University Counseling Centers

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 407-431
Author(s):  
Lisa F. Platt
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Clinical Symptoms ◽  
National Level ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Counseling Centers ◽  
University Counseling ◽  
Gender Nonconforming ◽  
High Acuity ◽  
University Counseling Centers ◽  
And Gender

There is a paucity of research on transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) students who present to university counseling centers (UCCs). Using national-level data from the Center for Collegiate Mental Health (2012 to 2015), the current findings indicate that TGNC students seeking services at UCCs are presenting with high acuity and more severe concerns than their cisgender peers. This severity is in nearly every clinical domain including suicidality, history of hospitalization, trauma history, mood disorders, and family distress. Comparing the transgender and gender nonconforming (GNC) collegiate clients, GNC clients have the highest levels of distress and clinical symptoms on nearly every indicator. Overall, these findings for both transgender and GNC clients provide important information for UCCs about treatment and outreach to these high-risk populations. Our findings also mirror the mental health disparities seen in noncollegiate community TGNC samples. We discuss treatment implications, limitations, and suggestions for future research.

scholarly journals Mental Health of Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Youth Compared With Their Peers

2021 ◽  
pp. 14-24
Author(s):  
Tracy A. Becerra-Culqui ◽  
Yuan Liu ◽  
Rebecca Nash ◽  
Lee Cromwell ◽  
W. Dana Flanders ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Index Date ◽  
Depressive Disorders ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Reference Group ◽  
Diagnostic Category ◽  
Gender Nonconforming ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Prevalence Ratios

BACKGROUND Understanding the magnitude of mental health problems, particularly life-threatening ones, experienced by transgender and/or gender nonconforming (TGNC) youth can lead to improved management of these conditions. METHODS Electronic medical records were used to identify a cohort of 588 transfeminine and 745 transmasculine children (3–9 years old) and adolescents (10–17 years old) enrolled in integrated health care systems in California and Georgia. Ten male and 10 female referent cisgender enrollees were matched to each TGNC individual on year of birth, race and/ or ethnicity, study site, and membership year of the index date (first evidence of gender nonconforming status). Prevalence ratios were calculated by dividing the proportion of TGNC individuals with a specific mental health diagnosis or diagnostic category by the corresponding proportion in each reference group by transfeminine and/or transmasculine status, age group, and time period before the index date. RESULTS Common diagnoses for children and adolescents were attention deficit disorders (transfeminine 15%; transmasculine 16%) and depressive disorders (transfeminine 49%; transmasculine 62%), respectively. For all diagnostic categories, prevalence was severalfold higher among TGNC youth than in matched reference groups. Prevalence ratios (95% confidence intervals [CIs]) for history of self-inflicted injury in adolescents 6 months before the index date ranged from 18 (95% CI 4.4–82) to 144 (95% CI 36–1248). The corresponding range for suicidal ideation was 25 (95% CI 14–45) to 54 (95% CI 18–218). CONCLUSIONS TGNC youth may present with mental health conditions requiring immediate evaluation and implementation of clinical, social, and educational gender identity support measures.

scholarly journals The mental health of transgender and gender non-conforming people in China: a systematic review

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (12) ◽  
pp. e954-e969
Author(s):  
Yezhe Lin ◽  
Hui Xie ◽  
Zimo Huang ◽  
Quan Zhang ◽  
Amanda Wilson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
And Gender

scholarly journals A Systematic Review of Amenable Resilience Factors that Moderate and/or Mediate the Relationship between Childhood Adversity and Mental Health in Young People

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Fritz ◽  
Anne de Graaff ◽  
Helen Caisley ◽  
Anne-Laura Van Harmelen ◽  
Paul O. Wilkinson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Young People ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Childhood Adversity ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Resilience Factors ◽  
The Relationship

THIS IS A PRE-PRINT OF AN ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN "FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY - SPECIAL ISSUE: RESILIENCE, LIFE EVENTS, TRAJECTORIES AND THE BRAIN (9: 230)". THE FINAL AUTHENTICATED VERSION IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00230Background: Up to half of Western children and adolescents experience at least one type of childhood adversity. Individuals with a history of childhood adversity have an increased risk of psychopathology. Resilience enhancing factors reduce the risk of psychopathology following childhood adversity. A comprehensive overview of empirically supported resilience factors is critically important for interventions aimed to increase resilience in young people. Moreover, such an overview may aid the development of novel resilience theories. Therefore, we conducted the first systematic review of social, emotional, cognitive and/ or behavioural resilience factors after childhood adversity.Methods: We systematically searched Web of Science, PsycINFO and Scopus (e.g. including MEDLINE) for English, Dutch and German literature. We included cohort studies that examined whether a resilience factor was a moderator and/ or a mediator for the relationship between childhood adversity and psychopathology in young people (mean age 13-24). Therefore, studies were included if the resilience factor was assessed prior to psychopathology, and childhood adversity was assessed no later than the resilience factor. Study data extraction was based on the STROBE report and study quality was assessed with an adapted version of Downs and Black’s scale. The preregistered protocol can be found at: http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/display_record.asp?ID=CRD42016051978.Results: The search identified 1969 studies, of which 22 were included (eight nationalities, study sample n range: 59-6780). We found empirical support for 13 of 25 individual-level (e.g. high self-esteem, low rumination), six of 12 family-level (e.g. high family cohesion, high parental involvement), and one of five community-level resilience factors (i.e. high social support), to benefit mental health in young people exposed to childhood adversity. Single versus multiple resilience factor models supported the notion that resilience factors should not be studied in isolation, and that interrelations between resilience factors should be taken into account when predicting psychopathology after childhood adversity.Conclusions: Interventions that improve individual, family, and/ or social support resilience factors may reduce the risk of psychopathology following childhood adversity. Future research should scrutinize whether resilience factors function as a complex interrelated system that benefits mental health resilience after childhood adversity.

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