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Transgender Identity Is Not A Mental Health Disorder, Study Finds
By Sara G. Miller
People who identify as transgender should not be considered to have a mental health disorder, according to a new study from Mexico.
The World Health Organization currently lists transgender identi- ty as a mental health disorder, and the new study is the first in a series of research aimed at finding out whether this categorization is apt. The study will be repeat- ed in Brazil, France, India, Lebanon and South Africa, according to the researchers.
In the new study, pub- lished today (July 26) in the journal The Lancet Psychiatry, the researchers investigated whether the distress and dysfunction associated with transgender identity were the result of social rejection and stigmatiza- tion or an inherent part of being transgender. [5 Controversial Mental Health Treatments]
Experiencing "distress and dysfunction" is often considered a defining feature of having a men- tal health disorder, according to the study. But other factors can cause these feelings as well, including experi- encing rejection or stigmatization.
The researchers inter- viewed 250 transgender people in Mexico City. The people in the study reported at what age they first became aware of having a transgender identity, as well as their experiences of psycho- logical distress, social rejection, difficulty func- tioning in their daily life, and violence, according to the study.
The researchers found that 76 percent of the participants reported experiencing social rejection, and 63 percent reported being the victim of violence as a result of their gender identity. In many cases, social rejection and violence against transgender indi- viduals occurred within families. (The frequency with which such acts
occurred within partici- pants' own families was "particularly disturbing," the researchers wrote.)
Using a statistical analy- sis, the researchers found that social rejec- tion and violence were strong indicators that atransgender person would experience dis- tress and dysfunction. Having a transgender identity, on the other hand, was not a predic- tor of stress or dysfunc- tion, they found.
"Our findings support the idea that distress and dysfunction may be the result
of stigmatization and maltreatment, rather than integral aspects of transgender identity,” Rebeca Robles, a researcher at the
Mexican National Institute of Psychiatry and the lead author of the study, said in a statement. In other words, the distress and dysfunction that the transgender individuals reported in the study was more likely the result of being treated with prejudice, rather than inherent to having a transgender identity in and of itself.
"This study highlights the need for policies and programs to reduce stigmatization and vic- timization of" people with transgender identities, Robles said. The removal of transgender diagnoses from the clas- sification of mental dis- orders can be a useful part of those efforts," she said.
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