Unmet Mental Health Need and Barriers to Care Among Transgender and Cisgender Adults

Unmet Mental Health Need and Barriers to Care Among Transgender and Cisgender Adults, in American Journal of Preventive Medicine

key takeaway: "Transgender and gender-diverse adults were more likely to have Medicaid (21% vs 14%, p=0.01) or be uninsured (15% vs 10%, p=0.04) and less likely to have Medicare (6% vs 25%, p<0.001) than cisgender adults. Transgender and gender-diverse adults reported more frequent mental distress (47% vs 21%, p<0.001) and unmet mental health need (48% vs 26%, p<0.001) than cisgender adults. In multivariable models, transgender and gender-diverse adults had higher unmet mental health need than cisgender adults (OR=1.62, 95% CI=1.08, 2.43). Transgender and gender-diverse adults were more likely to report cost as the main care barrier than cisgender adults (30% vs 15%, p=0.01)."