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Youths who seek gender-affirming medical care at age 15 years and older and further along in puberty are more likely than their younger peers to report depression, self-harm and suicidal thoughts, researchers reported in Pediatrics.

Youth who experienced sexual exploitation exhibited high levels of sexual risk taking, multiple sexual partners, PTSD, child pornography exposure and childhood trauma, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Psychiatrists play an important role in the care of transgender individuals with mental illness and substance use disorders, according to a presenter at the Psych Congress 2020 Virtual Experience conference.

Those in the LGBT community often face disparities in access to quality health care, leading to poorer outcomes like higher rates of STDs, researchers wrote in Annals of Family Medicine.

LGBTQ youth appeared to experience negative mental health outcomes associated with frequent social media use, according to results of a survey study published in Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health.

Transgender and gender-diverse adults are more likely to be diagnosed with autism than cisgender adults, according to research published in Nature Communications.

Adjunctive transdermal testosterone was well tolerated but not more effective than placebo for symptoms of depression, fatigue or sexual dysfunction, according to study results published in American Journal of Psychiatry.

The month of June marks LGBT Pride Month, and in conjunction with this observance, Healio Psychiatry has compiled a list of articles covering recent developments in LGBT mental health research.

Nondiscrimination policies appeared associated with a decrease or no change in suicidality among gender minority individuals living in states with these policies, according to results of a cohort study published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Degarelix appeared to reduce the risk score for committing child sexual abuse among men with pedophilic disorder, according to results of a randomized phase 2 trial published in JAMA Psychiatry.