Psychological distress among transgender people in Brazil: frequency, intensity and social causation - an ICD-11 field study.

Maria I LobatoBianca M Soll Angelo Brandelli CostaAlexandre SaadehDaniel Augusto Mori GagliottiAna FresánGeoffrey ReedRebeca Robles

Published in: Revista brasileira de psiquiatria (Sao Paulo, Brazil : 1999) (2019)

Gender incongruence variables were not significant predictors of distress. This result supports the recent changes proposed by the Word Health Organization in ICD-11 to move transgender conditions from the Mental and Behavioral Disorders chapter to a new chapter on Sexual Disorders and Conditions Related to Sexual Health.

Keyphrases

mental health
healthcare
public health
hiv testing
health information
risk assessment
human health
antiretroviral therapy