Mental Health Diagnoses among Transgender Patients in the Clinical Setting: An All-Payer Electronic Health Record Study

Jonathon W. Wanta*, Joshua D. Niforatos, Emily Durbak, Adele Viguera, Murat Altinay

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Abstract

We performed a cross-sectional analysis of the prevalence of psychiatric diagnoses among transgender patients in clinical care using an all-payer electronic health record database. Of 10,270 transgender patients identified, 58% (n=5940) had at least one psychiatric diagnosis compared with 13.6% (n=7,311,780) in the control patient population (p<0.0005). Transgender patients had a statistically significant increase in prevalence for all psychiatric diagnoses queried, with major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder being the most common diagnoses (31% and 12%, respectively). Utilizing an all-payer database, although not without limitations, enables assessment of mental health and substance use diagnoses in this otherwise small population.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)313-315
Number of pages3
JournalTransgender Health
Volume4
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 1 2019

Keywords

  • electronic health records
  • mental health
  • psychiatric diagnosis
  • transgender

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Gender Studies
  • Medicine (miscellaneous)

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