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http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PRS.0000000000011115 | DOI Listing |
Scand J Surg
September 2025
Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
This narrative review examines gender-affirming healthcare in the Nordic countries, highlighting historical developments, legal frameworks, epidemiological trends, and current clinical practices. Transgender healthcare dates back to the early 20th century and gained international attention in the early 1950s following one of the first widely publicized gender-affirming surgeries performed in Denmark. Since then, care models have evolved, supported by policy, research, and clinical practice across Europe and North America.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Prim Care Community Health
August 2025
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Objective: Transgender, non-binary, and gender expansive individuals experience disproportionately high rates of mental health symptomatology and face unique barriers to accessing care (eg, concerns about experiencing non-affirming care). This project aimed to address these demonstrated barriers by integrating gender-affirming psychiatric care within primary care.
Methods: We established an embedded gender-affirming psychiatric care clinic within a large, urban, academic family medicine practice.
BMC Psychol
July 2025
Department of Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, 9000, Ghent, Belgium.
Background: Minority groups including transgender persons are frequently subjected to social rejection and ostracism, leading to minority stress. This stress may lead to a variety of adverse mental and physical health outcomes. Yet, the impact of this stress on underlying psychophysiology in transgender people has not been tested experimentally.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClin Plast Surg
July 2025
Department of Plastic Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA. Electronic address:
Plastic surgery, including cosmetic procedures, breast reconstruction, gender affirming surgery and craniofacial surgery, is associated with increased self-esteem, improved body image, and greater life-satisfaction. However, individuals with significant psychological difficulties, including low self-esteem or low self-confidence, problems regulating their emotions, and poor interpersonal functioning, may not experience the anticipated psychological benefits from cosmetic surgery. The pre-operative consultation should provide an in-depth discussion between the patient and the surgeon to assess psychological stability, discern motivations and expectations, and convey risk associated with surgery.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBMC Health Serv Res
May 2025
Department of Public Health Sciences, Queen's University, 62 Fifth Field Company Lane, Kingston, ON, K7L 3N6, Canada.
Background: Equity-deserving groups (EDG), including those who identify as two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, and/or asexual (2SLGBTQQIA+), are disproportionately treated in the Emergency Department (ED). This study aimed to understand ED care experiences of 2SLGBTQQIA+ individuals compared to those who do not identify with an equity-deserving group in Kingston, Canada, ultimately aiming to enhance inclusivity and better meet healthcare needs.
Methods: Data were collected through a mixed qualitative/quantitative cross-sectional study using a novel electronic survey tool (Spryng.