California men who undergo transgender surgery to have their genitals removed are twice as likely to attempt suicide afterwards than before undergoing surgery, a study has found.
The study found that “overall rates of suicide attempts doubled after vaginoplasty, the simultaneous removal of the phallus (penis) and creation of a vagina-like opening.”[r]The incidence of psychiatric emergencies is higher before and after gender reassignment surgery. ”
According to , researchers looked at data on 869 men who underwent vaginoplasty and 357 women who underwent phalloplasty in California between 2012 and 2018. study Published in a peer-reviewed paper by the American Urological Association Urology Journal.
In this study, 22.2 percent of those who underwent vaginoplasty and 20.7 percent of those who underwent phalloplasty had at least one ER or inpatient psychiatric visit during the period in which the study was conducted. It turned out that
“Although the overall proportion of people who experienced a psychiatric consultation was similar in the vaginoplasty and phalloplasty groups, suicide attempts were more common in the vaginoplasty group,” the study found.
The study also found that if a patient had a psychiatric encounter before undergoing surgery, the rate of recurrence of the psychiatric encounter was 33.9 percent in the vaginoplasty group and 26.5 percent in the phalloplasty group. found.
The study further found that although overall rates of psychiatric encounters were similar for both vaginoplasty and phalloplasty patients, suicide attempts were more common among vaginoplasty patients. noted to be more common.
In fact, “the morbidity rate in the vaginoplasty group is more than twice that of the general population,” the study states.
Meanwhile, suicide attempt rates among people who underwent phalloplasty were similar to the general population, the study reported.
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