Mental Health of Transgender and Nonbinary Children and Youth: Informing Service Needs - A Research Report

15 Mental Health of Transgender and Nonbinary Children and Youth: Informing Service Needs Page 3 of 16 © Children’s Health Policy Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 2024 Executive Summary Many transgender and nonbinary children and youth face added challenges compared with their cisgender counterparts, including more frequent adverse experiences, peer victimization and ha. [...] Mental Health of Transgender and Nonbinary Children and Youth: Informing Service Needs Page 6 of 16 © Children’s Health Policy Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 2024 1.2 Goals of this research report For this systematic review (SR), we aimed to identify and summarize the best available research examining the prevalence of mental disorders in trans and nonbinary children. [...] Mental Health of Transgender and Nonbinary Children and Youth: Informing Service Needs Page 12 of 16 © Children’s Health Policy Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, 2024 The Canadian study also assessed additional markers of emotional distress. [...] This approach aligns with the World Health Organization's recognition of mental health as a basic human right for all people — including the right to accessible, acceptable and good- quality care.26 It is equally crucial to address the unacceptable and preventable adverse experiences that many trans and nonbinary young people face that can contribute to the development of mental health conditions.. [...] That the world can somehow wake up and recognize the beauty in diversity and learn to value the full spectrum of it.” — Trans youth from Australia28 __________________________________________________________________________ Mental Health of Transgender and Nonbinary Children and Youth: Informing Service Needs Page 14 of 16 © Children’s Health Policy Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser.