Suicidality, Self-Harm, and Body Dissatisfaction in Transgender Adolescents and Emerging Adults with Gender Dysphoria

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 475-482

  Peterson, Claire M ^a   Matthews, Abigail ^a   Copps Smith, Emily ^b   Conard, Lee Ann ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AUTOMUTILATION; BODY IMAGE; CLINICAL AUDIT; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENDER DYSPHORIA; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TRANSGENDER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; BODY IMAGE; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GENDER DYSPHORIA; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TRANSGENDER PERSONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84994453366     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: 1943278X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sltb.12289     Document Type: Article

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