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US researchers suggest that, for people who want them, gender-affirming surgeries could be a means of reducing adverse mental health outcomes, compared to transgender and gender diverse (TGD) people who haven't had the surgery. While this kind of study cannot prove the surgery will improve a person's mental health, the team says that of the over 27,000 TGD people they surveyed, those who had a history of gender-affirming surgery also reported having lower odds of psychological distress over the last month, smoking and contemplating suicide over the last year, than their study counterparts.
From:
Gender-Affirming Surgeries and Improved Psychosocial Health Outcomes
What The Study Did: The association between undergoing gender-affirming surgery and mental health outcomes was looked at in this study.
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