@article{2f378b3881b6471e8ca7ba8a649a1a9f,
title = "Mental Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth",
abstract = "Transgender and gender diverse (TGD) children and adolescents are an increasingly visible yet highly stigmatized group. These youth experience more psychological distress than not only their cisgender, heterosexual peers but also their cisgender, sexual minority peers. In this review, we document these mental health disparities and discuss potential explanations for them using a minority stress framework. We also discuss factors that may increase and decrease TGD youth{\textquoteright}s vulnerability to psychological distress. Further, we review interventions, including gender-affirming medical care, that may improve mental health in TGD youth. We conclude by discussing limitations of current research and suggestions for the future.",
keywords = "adolescents, children, mental health, transgender, youth",
author = "Wittlin, {Natalie M.} and Kuper, {Laura E.} and Olson, {Kristina R.}",
note = "Funding Information: N.M.W.{\textquoteright}s time and related work described in this review were supported by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health under award F32MD017147. K.R.O.{\textquoteright}s time and related work described in this review were supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development of the National Institutes of Health under award R01HD092347. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. The authors would like to thank Grey Raber for assistance with reviewing the literature on transgender and gender diverse youth and mental health. Publisher Copyright: Copyright {\textcopyright} 2023 by the author(s).",
year = "2023",
month = may,
day = "9",
doi = "10.1146/annurev-clinpsy-072220-020326",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "19",
pages = "207--232",
journal = "Annual Review of Clinical Psychology",
issn = "1548-5943",
publisher = "Annual Reviews Inc.",
}