ArticleCanadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2023
Exploring Mediators of Mental Health Service Use Among Transgender Individuals in Ontario, Canada.
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- Checking assumptions: advancing the analysis of sex and gender in health sciences.Biology of sex differences · 2026Review
- Barriers to Systemic Therapy Services Among Transgender and Nonbinary Adults in Canada.Journal of marital and family therapy · 2025Article
- Mental Disorders and Suicidality in Transgender and Gender-Diverse People.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- Experiences and Perspectives of Transgender Individuals Accessing Gender-Affirming Care in Manitoba, Canada.Global qualitative nursing researchArticle
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Abstract
objectivesTo determine if and to what degree neighbourhood-level marginalization mediates mental health service use among transgender individuals.
methodsThis retrospective cohort study identified 2,085 transgender individuals through data obtained from 4 outpatient community and hospital clinics in 3 large cities in Ontario, which were linked with administrative health data between January 2015 and December 2019. An age-matched 1:5 comparison cohort was created from the general population of Ontario. Outcome measures were analysed from March 2020 to May 2022. The primary outcome was mental health service utilization, which included mental health-related visits to primary care providers, psychiatrists, mental health- and self-harm-related emergency department visits, and mental health hospitalizations. Mediation variables included ethnic concentration, residential instability, dependency, and material deprivation at the neighbourhood level and were derived from the Ontario Marginalization Index.
resultsThis study identified 2,085 transgender individuals from participating outpatient community and hospital clinics, who were matched to the general population (
conclusionsIn this study, mental health service use among transgender individuals was not clinically mediated by marginalization at the neighbourhood level. This study highlights the need to explore marginalization and mental health service use at the individual level to better understand the mental health disparities experienced by transgender individuals and to ensure that health-care services are inclusive and affirming.
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