The Mental Health of Transgender Youth: Advances in Understanding

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 489-495

  Connolly, Maureen D ^a   Zervos, Marcus J ^b   Barone, Charles J ^a   Johnson, Christine C ^a   Joseph, Christine L M ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Henry Ford Health System Division of Infectious Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Mental health; Transgender

Indexed keywords

AGE; AUTOMUTILATION; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDER; GENDER DYSPHORIA; HUMAN; LGBT PEOPLE; MEDLINE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TRANSGENDER; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FEEDING AND EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENDER DYSPHORIA; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSGENDER PERSONS;

EID: 84994890198     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: 18791972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2016.06.012     Document Type: Review

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