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Correction to: Factors associated with suicide attempts among Australian transgender adults

Authors :
Sav Zwickl
Teddy Cook
Eden Dowers
Shalem Yiner-Lee Leemaqz
Ingrid Bretherton
Paul S. F. Yip
Jeffrey D Zajac
Ada S Cheung
Alex Fang Qi Wong
Source :
BMC Psychiatry, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-1 (2021), BMC Psychiatry
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021.

Abstract

Transgender, including gender diverse and non-binary people, henceforth referred to collectively as trans people, are a highly marginalised population with alarming rates of suicidal ideation, attempted suicide and self-harm. We aimed to understand the risk and protective factors of a lifetime history of attempted suicide in a community sample of Australian trans adults to guide better mental health support and suicide prevention strategies.Using a non-probability snowball sampling approach, a total of 928 trans adults completed a cross-sectional online survey between September 2017 and January 2018. The survey assessed demographic data, mental health morbidity, a lifetime history of intentional self-harm and attempted suicide, experiences of discrimination, experiences of assault, access to gender affirming healthcare and access to trans peer support groups. Logistic regression was used to examine the risk or protective effect of participant characteristics on the odds of suicide.Of 928 participants, 85% self-reported a lifetime diagnosis of depression, 63% reported previous self-harm, and 43% had attempted suicide. Higher odds of reporting a lifetime history of suicide attempts were found in people who were; unemployed (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 1.55 (1.05, 2.29), p = 0.03), had a diagnosis of depression (aOR 3.70 (2.51, 5.45), p 0.001), desired gender affirming surgery in the future (aOR 1.73 (1.14, 2.61), p = 0.01), had experienced physical assault (aOR 2.01 (1.37, 2.95), p 0.001) or experienced institutional discrimination related to their trans status (aOR 1.59 (1.14, 2.23), p = 0.007).Suicidality is associated with barriers to gender affirming care, gender based victimisation and institutionalised cissexism. Interventions to increase social inclusion, reduce transphobia and enable timely access to gender affirming care, particularly surgical interventions, are potential areas of intervention.

Details

ISSN :
1471244X
Volume :
21
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
BMC Psychiatry
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....4b6e829b24683011d93f554d4e0a1a54
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03491-w