Authors: Mann, S., Schuler, l M, S., Paulson, A., & Dunbar, M, S.
Date of publication: 2025
Journal: Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
Summary: This US study looked at the mental health differences between gender minority (GM) individuals and their cisgender counterparts according to specific age groups.
The researchers used data from the Behavioural Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRSFS), more specifically, the self-reported number of poor mental health days. They found that GM individuals experienced a higher number of poor mental health days than cisgender individuals and this was constant across the lifespan, thought the disparity was more substantial in the young adult age groups.
GM young adults aged 18-23 and 23-27 experienced 14 days of poor mental health within the last month, which the authors note the Centre for Disease Control class as ‘Frequent Mental Distress’ which has a significant negative impact on health, social functioning and other aspects of life. The authors found that the difference decreases within the adult age groups and suggest that the improved mental health may be attributable to a number of internal and external protective factors
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