(STUDY FINDS) – Transgender children as young as nine may suffer from a range of mental health problems, according to new research. Researchers in Australia say they are almost six times as likely to feel suicidal than their cisgender peers.
Rates of depression, anxiety, and behavioral problems including ADHD also increase by as much as three-fold. The findings suggest young adolescents wanting to change gender face greater challenges than previously feared.
Corresponding author Dr. Ken Pang, from the University of Melbourne, believes the problems could be due to stigma stress, discrimination, or dissatisfaction with their gender.
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