ArticleAddictive behaviors2014
Characteristics of transgender individuals entering substance abuse treatment.
Article in Addictive behaviors, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
30 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A systematic review of social stress and mental health among transgender and gender non-conforming people in the United States.Clinical psychology review · 2018Pooled it
- Omitted data in randomized controlled trials for anxiety and depression: A systematic review of the inclusion of sexual orientation and gender identity.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2017Pooled it
- Intersecting Structural and Psychosocial Conditions: Investigating Injection Drug Use and HIV Among Transgender Women.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2025Article
- Substance use patterns among a global sample of transgender and non-binary people during the COVID-19 pandemic.BMC global and public health · 2023Article
- Article
- Transgender individuals are at higher risk for suicidal ideation and preparation than cisgender individuals in substance use treatment.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Are Cisgender Women and Transgender and Nonbinary People Drinking More During the COVID-19 Pandemic? It Depends.Alcohol research : current reviews · 2023Review
- Prevalence and correlates of substance use and associations with HIV-related outcomes among trans women in the San Francisco Bay Area.BMC infectious diseases · 2022Article
- Substance Use in the Transgender Population: A Meta-Analysis.Brain sciences · 2022Review
- Trauma and Alcohol Use Among Transgender and Gender Diverse Women: An Examination of the Stress-Buffering Hypothesis of Social Support.The journal of primary prevention · 2021Article
- Transgender-related discrimination and substance use, substance use disorder diagnosis and treatment history among transgender adults.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2021Article
- Characterization of substance use among underrepresented sexual and gender minority participants in The Population Research in Identity and Disparities for Equality (PRIDE) Study.Substance abuse · 2021Article
- Non-HIV chronic disease burden among transgender populations globally: A systematic review and narrative synthesis.Preventive medicine reports · 2020Review
- Sexual orientation and gender identity disparities in substance use disorders during young adulthood in a United States longitudinal cohort.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2019Article
- Perceptions of Resilience and Coping Among Gender-Diverse Individuals Using Photography.Transgender health · 2019Article
- Skating on thin ice: stimulant use and sub-optimal adherence to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2018Article
- Ecological momentary assessment of daily discrimination experiences and nicotine, alcohol, and drug use among sexual and gender minority individuals.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2017Article
- Demographic Characteristics, Components of Sexuality and Gender, and Minority Stress and Their Associations to Excessive Alcohol, Cannabis, and Illicit (Noncannabis) Drug Use Among a Large Sample of Transgender People in the United States.The journal of primary prevention · 2017Article
- A Systematic Review of Interventions to Reduce Problematic Substance Use Among Transgender Individuals: A Call to Action.Transgender health · 2017Review
- Global health burden and needs of transgender populations: a review.Lancet (London, England) · 2016Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors.
Funding
Abstract
Little is known about the needs or characteristics of transgender individuals in substance abuse treatment settings. Transgender (n=199) and non-transgender (cisgender, n=13,440) individuals were compared on psychosocial factors related to treatment, health risk behaviors, medical and mental health status and utilization, and substance use behaviors within a database that documented individuals entering substance abuse treatment in San Francisco, CA from 2007 to 2009 using logistic and linear regression analyses (run separately by identified gender). Transgender men (assigned birth sex of female) differed from cisgender men across many psychosocial factors, including having more recent employment, less legal system involvement, greater incidence of living with a substance abuser, and greater family conflict, while transgender women (assigned birth sex of male) were less likely to have minor children than cisgender women. Transgender women reported greater needle use, and HIV testing rates were greater among transgender women. Transgender men and women reported higher rates of physical health problems, mental health diagnoses, and psychiatric medications, but there were no differences in service utilization. There were no differences in substance use behaviors except that transgender women were more likely to endorse primary methamphetamine use. Transgender individuals evidence unique strengths and challenges that could inform targeted services in substance abuse treatment.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.