Risk of Suicide and Self-Harm Following Gender-Affirmation Surgery
John J Straub 1, Krishna K Paul 1, Lauren G Bothwell 1, Sterling J Deshazo 1, Georgiy Golovko 2, Michael S Miller 3, Dietrich V Jehle 1Affiliations expand PMID: 38699117PMCID: PMC11063965DOI: 10.7759/cureus.57472 Abstract Introduction With the growing acceptance of transgender individuals, the number of gender affirmation surgeries has increased. Transgender individuals face elevated depression rates, leading to an increase in suicide ideation