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Table 3 Mental health by gender identity

From: Health and service utilization among a sample of gender-diverse youth of color: the TRUTH study

Variable

Categories

Total (N = 108) n (%)

Binary TGD Youth (n = 38) n (%)

Nonbinary TGD Youth (n = 70) n (%)

P-value

BSIa – Scored in clinically significant range (last 7 days) n(%)

Depression

Anxiety

Somatization

14 (13)

15 (14)

11 (10)

3 (8)

2 (5)

3 (8)

11 (16)

13 (19)

8 (11)

0.37

0.08

0.74

Needed/wanted mental health services (past 12 months) n(%)

Yes

92 (85)

29 (76)

63 (91)

0.03

Received mental health services (past 12 months) n(%)

Yes

28 (30)

11 (38)

17 (27)

0.29

Suicide (past 12 months) n(%)

None

Ideation

Made a plan

Attempted

43 (40)

51 (54)

36 (37)

16 (15)

20 (57)

15 (43)

10 (29)

5 (13)

23 (39)

36 (61)

26 (41)

11 (16)

0.09

0.09

0.21

1.00

Self-injurious behavior n(%)

Ever

Last 3 months

73 (76)

28 (29)

24 (75)

7 (22)

49 (77)

21 (33)

0.87

0.27

  1. aBSI Brief Symptom Inventory