Rates of Distress, Depression Have Doubled Among Transgender Americans Since 2014 By Ernie Mundell HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, June 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- The rate of self-reported mental ...

The rate of self-reported mental distress and depression among American adults who identify as transgender and non-binary has more than doubled between 2014 and 2022, an analysis of federal health ...

Depression rates among transgender and gender-diverse adults also rose sharply between 2014 and 2022 -- more than doubling from 19.7% to 51.3%, Liu's group found.

The transgender issue continues to have a majority of Americans in President Donald Trump’s corner, according to a recent poll. Respondents to a recent Associated Press-NORC poll expressed ...

Transgender youth often experience significant distress at the gap between their physical appearance and their gender identity, which can lead to high rates of substance abuse, self-harm ...

though the rates were slightly higher among gay or lesbian people. About half of gay and lesbian people said their parents did, compared with about one-third of transgender people. Only about 1 in ...

In contrast, the rise in mental distress was less steep among cisgender people -- from 11.2% to 15.5%. Depression rates among ... stigma means transgender and gender-diverse Americans are dealing ...

Data from 2014 to 2022 shows a doubling of distress and depression among transgender and gender-diverse U.S. adults ...