Suicide and Suicidal Behavior among Transgender Persons

Virupaksha, H. G.; Muralidhar, D.; Ramakrishna, Jayashree

doi:10.4103/0253-7176.194908

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“…Also, lesbian, gay, transgender, and bisexual individuals are said to be at elevated suicide risk [ 57 ]; suicide attempts among transgender individuals reach 30–50% in some countries [ 58 ].…”

Section: Epidemiologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Epidemiology of Suicide and the Psychiatric Perspective

Bachmann

2018

IJERPH

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Suicide is a worldwide phenomenon. This review is based on a literature search of the World Health Organization (WHO) databases and PubMed. According to the WHO, in 2015, about 800,000 suicides were documented worldwide, and globally 78% of all completed suicides occur in low- and middle-income countries. Overall, suicides account for 1.4% of premature deaths worldwide. Differences arise between regions and countries with respect to the age, gender, and socioeconomic status of the individual and the respective country, method of suicide, and access to health care. During the second and third decades of life, suicide is the second leading cause of death. Completed suicides are three times more common in males than females; for suicide attempts, an inverse ratio can be found. Suicide attempts are up to 30 times more common compared to suicides; they are however important predictors of repeated attempts as well as completed suicides. Overall, suicide rates vary among the sexes and across lifetimes, whereas methods differ according to countries. The most commonly used methods are hanging, self-poisoning with pesticides, and use of firearms. The majority of suicides worldwide are related to psychiatric diseases. Among those, depression, substance use, and psychosis constitute the most relevant risk factors, but also anxiety, personality-, eating- and trauma-related disorders as well as organic mental disorders significantly add to unnatural causes of death compared to the general population. Overall, the matter at hand is relatively complex and a significant amount of underreporting is likely to be present. Nevertheless, suicides can, at least partially, be prevented by restricting access to means of suicide, by training primary care physicians and health workers to identify people at risk as well as to assess and manage respective crises, provide adequate follow-up care and address the way this is reported by the media. Suicidality represents a major societal and health care problem; it thus should be given a high priority in many realms.

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Section: Epidemiologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Epidemiology of Suicide and the Psychiatric Perspective

Bachmann

2018

IJERPH

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“…Third, exclusion from source of employment/livelihood and denial of decent living and economy . This situation of hopelessness is further amplified by repeated physical, emotional, and psychological trauma, ultimately engender to a life of drug abuse, transactional sex for livelihood, HIV and other STDs risk through unprotected sex, and also suicide ideation …”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Transgender HIV status, self‐perceived dental care barriers, and residents’ stigma, willingness to treat them in a community dental outreach program: Cross‐sectional study

Srinivasan

Muragaboopathy

Patil³

2018

Special Care in Dentistry

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“…A major concern in patients with gender dysphoria is the risk of suicide (7). The above rare case raises awareness of the special needs of the transgender population and highlights the importance of having a well-prepared multi-disciplinary team to tailor a personalized plan depending on each individual's unique situation.…”

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A Case of Klinefelter Syndrome and Gender Dysphoria

Moustafa

2017

AJP Residents' Journal

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Suicide and Suicidal Behavior among Transgender Persons

Cited by 109 publications

References 16 publications

Epidemiology of Suicide and the Psychiatric Perspective

Epidemiology of Suicide and the Psychiatric Perspective

Transgender HIV status, self‐perceived dental care barriers, and residents’ stigma, willingness to treat them in a community dental outreach program: Cross‐sectional study

A Case of Klinefelter Syndrome and Gender Dysphoria

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