{"id":3531,"date":"2021-01-28T19:47:27","date_gmt":"2021-01-29T03:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/?p=3531"},"modified":"2021-01-29T19:49:46","modified_gmt":"2021-01-30T03:49:46","slug":"understanding-the-impact-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-on-the-mental-health-of-transgender-and-gender-nonbinary-individuals-engaged-in-a-longitudinal-cohort-studyunderstanding-the-impact-of-the-covid-19-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2021\/01\/28\/understanding-the-impact-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-on-the-mental-health-of-transgender-and-gender-nonbinary-individuals-engaged-in-a-longitudinal-cohort-studyunderstanding-the-impact-of-the-covid-19-pa\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health of Transgender and Gender Nonbinary Individuals Engaged in a Longitudinal Cohort StudyUnderstanding the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health of Transgender and Gender Nonbinary Individuals Engaged in a Longitudinal Cohort Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Transgender and gender nonbinary (TGNB) individuals (n=208) from an established longitudinal cohort experienced increased psychological distress due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as expressed by significantly higher raw scores during than pandemic than pre-pandemic on the Global Severity Index (GSI) . Additionally, a significantly higher percentage of respondents met criteria for clinically significant depressive (41% vs 28%) and anxiety (41% vs 31%) symptoms. After controlling for pre-pandemic GSI, reduced LGBTQ\/TGNB support was associated with greater GSI, though interruption\/delay in gender-affirming healthcare was not associated with greater GSI.<\/p>\n<p><i>Kidd et al. (Jan 27, 2021). Understanding the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Mental Health of Transgender and Gender Nonbinary Individuals Engaged in a Longitudinal Cohort Study. Journal of Homosexuality. <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/00918369.2020.1868185\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/00918369.2020.1868185<\/a><i><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transgender and gender nonbinary (TGNB) individuals (n=208) from an established longitudinal cohort experienced increased psychological distress due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as expressed by significantly higher raw scores during than pandemic than pre-pandemic on the Global Severity Index (GSI) . Additionally, a significantly higher percentage of respondents met criteria for clinically significant depressive (41% vs&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2021\/01\/28\/understanding-the-impact-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-on-the-mental-health-of-transgender-and-gender-nonbinary-individuals-engaged-in-a-longitudinal-cohort-studyunderstanding-the-impact-of-the-covid-19-pa\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[42,44],"topic":[18],"class_list":["post-3531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-summary","tag-disparities","tag-mental-health-personal-impact","topic-mental-health-and-personal-impact"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3531"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3533,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3531\/revisions\/3533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3531"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=3531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}