Mental Health and Medical Health Disparities in 5135 Transgender Veterans Receiving Healthcare in the Veterans Health Administration: A Case–Control studyhttp://lgbtweekly.com/2016/01/06/transgender-veterans-diagnosed-with-significantly-more-mental-and-medical-health-disorders/LGBT WEEKLY/Posted by Steve Lee, Editor Top Highlights, Section 4A, Breaking News
http://online.liebertpub.com/doi/pdf/10.1089/lgbt.2015.0058"NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. – The first large, controlled study of health disparities between clinically diagnosed transgender and non-transgender patients—based on the medical records of more than 5,000 patients treated in the Veterans Health Administration—showed that transgender veterans had a significantly greater prevalence of numerous psychiatric and medical conditions. The specific disorders examined and the implications of the study findings are discussed in detail in an article published in LGBT Health, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers. The article is available free to download on the LGBT Health Web site until Feb. 6."
Liebertpub/George R. Brown, MD,1,2 and Kenneth T. Jones, PhD3
