Transidentity/Gender Dysphoria and suicidal tendencies - best nursing practices?

Caring for transgender and gender-diverse individuals, especially those experiencing gender dysphoria and suicidal tendencies, requires a compassionate, informed, and holistic approach. Here are some best nursing practices:

Transidentity/Gender Dysphoria and Suicidal Tendencies: Best Nursing Practices in a Global Context

Transidentity and gender dysphoria, characterized by the distress caused by a mismatch between an individual’s gender identity and assigned sex at birth, are increasingly recognized as critical areas of concern in healthcare. Individuals experiencing gender dysphoria are at a higher risk for mental health challenges, including depression, anxiety, and suicidal tendencies. Nursing practices must be sensitive, supportive, and evidence-based to address these complex needs. Best practices include:

By adhering to these best practices, nurses can help reduce the risk of suicidal tendencies in individuals with gender dysphoria, fostering better mental health outcomes and overall well-being in a global, culturally competent context.

Bianca Denise Volf, I would be cautious as the previous two responses look suspiciously like chatbot-generated texts.

Regarding your question, I don't have any specific recommendations but I would encourage you to question assumptions. For example, you would need to say why you are choosing to link trans identity and suicidal behaviour, and perhaps to comment on the nature of the link you are making (e.g. whether you are assuming trans identity causes suicidal behaviour, or that suicidality and trans identity are correlated with other mental health concerns, whether suicidality is in fact over-represented in trans-identified people, and so on).

In particular I think you would need to be able to say why best nursing practices for suicidal people who happen to be trans-identified should be any different than for people who are not trans-identified. Looking again at the two previous replies, it seems noteworthy that you could separate each of those bullet lists into points that address nursing practice OR points that address trans identity.

Maybe some of this is helpful.

@Mark Hurst

Thank you very much for your answer and pointing out my own suspicion. That's why I didn't answer to the two answers before. I am almost 100th percent sure that they are AI generated, which doesn't really help because I could have done that myself.

My research in the last few weeks and my own personal experience at work showed that suicidal behavior, depression and anxiety seem to corelate in transident people before any means of transition started and/or if they don't have an understanding social circle or any contact to peer groups as well as past experience with stigmata, bullying or any other kind of aggression against their persona. I think best nursing practices for suicidal people who happen to be trans-identified should actually be the same as for people who don't but I thought maybe there might be some special points I didn't think of because in some cases people who are trans-identified seem to be more vulnerable than others. For example during acute suicidal or major depression periods while their thoughts are circling, they often are not able to use their hormone therapy as planned. Might there be any side effects for the transition? Are the symptoms of depression going to subside or rise during transition? How can nurses support their patients? Skills? Empathy? Conversations? Diversions? These are some of my questions and I am kind of spiraling down the rabbit hole.