A Narrative Review on Priorities of Mental Health Issues among Transgenders: “So Near, Yet so Far”

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dc.contributor.authorDas, SCen_US
dc.contributor.authorDeep, Shikhaen_US
dc.contributor.authorBhattacharya, Sen_US
dc.contributor.authorSinha, R.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-09T06:12:08Z
dc.date.available2023-08-09T06:12:08Z
dc.date.issued2023-03
dc.description.abstractIn recent years there is a rapid rise in coming out of sexual and gender minority adults to their family members and society. Unfortunately, studies on unmet health needs of transgenders with a special focus to mental health is under-researched in India. The current paper aimed to explore about the mental health of transgenders and a literature search was done using PubMed, Google Scholar, and Scopus databases for the following medical subject headings (MeSH) key terms “transgender”, “mental Health”, “social stigma”, “LGBT”, “gender dysphoria”, “genderqueer”, “intersex”, “MSM”, “hijra”, “gay”, “lesbian”, “bisexual”, and “homosexual”. Transgender individuals were found to show high rates of mental health concerns. The most common mental health problems that we have shown in this review article are depression, obsessive-compulsive disorders, generalized anxiety disorders, suicidal attempts and bipolar disorders. Transgender people are at more risk for mental health problems than their heterogenous counterparts. The intervention program to eliminate or reduce these problems needs to be planned carefully, considering all the determinantsen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community Medicine, Fakir Mohan Medical College and Hospital, Balasore, Odisha, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community Medicine, Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsAll India Institute of Medical Sciences, Deoghar, Jharkhand, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community Medicine, Government Doon Medical College, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationDas SC, Deep Shikha, Bhattacharya S, Sinha R.. A Narrative Review on Priorities of Mental Health Issues among Transgenders: “So Near, Yet so Far”. Indian Journal of Community Health. 2023 Mar; 35(1): 09 – 14en_US
dc.identifier.issn0971-7587
dc.identifier.issn2248-9509
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/222014
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMRI Publication Pvt. Ltd.en_US
dc.relation.issuenumber1en_US
dc.relation.volume35en_US
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.47203/IJCH.2023.v35i01.003en_US
dc.subjectMental healthen_US
dc.subjectTransgenderen_US
dc.subjectSocial Stressorsen_US
dc.subjectfuture research.en_US
dc.titleA Narrative Review on Priorities of Mental Health Issues among Transgenders: “So Near, Yet so Far”en_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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