Gender-affirming surgery benefits long-term mental health: study

Hormonal treatment alone in people with gender incongruence does not seem to be as effective
Reuters Health Staff writer
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When transgender people undergo sex-reassignment surgery, their mental health keeps improving for years afterwards, a study suggests.

Swedish and Yale researchers examined 2015 mental health data for the entire Swedish population to see whether having hormone treatment or gender-affirming surgery improved outcomes for people with a diagnosis of gender incongruence.