Family Rejection as a Predictor of Suicide Attempts and Substance Misuse Among Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Adults

We examined associations between family rejection and risk of suicide attempts and substance misuse among a national sample of transgender and gender nonconforming adults.



Transsexualism, is a blog listed on the right side of the T-Central home page.  The author of this blog simply links to scientific papers about transsexualism, HRT, surgeries, and other related topics.  This post is a an abstract of a paper titled, Family Rejection as a Predictor of Suicide Attempts and Substance Misuse Among Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Adults.  

I was unable to read the actual paper without paying a fee, although I may not have followed the link correctly.  Nevertheless, the abstract says a lot.