Lucy C Barker, Juveria Zaheer, Zakia Hussain, Julia France, Ananka Rodriguez, Shakked Lubotzky-Gete, Suze Berkhout, Robert Dmytryshyn, Sheila Dunn, Renu Gupta, Fardous Hosseiny, Frank Sirotich, Sophie Soklaridis, Aristotle N Voineskos, Simone N Vigod
{"title":"Experiences of Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Access for Women and Nonbinary People With Early Psychosis: Towards an Integrated Perspective of Service Users and Clinicians.","authors":"Lucy C Barker, Juveria Zaheer, Zakia Hussain, Julia France, Ananka Rodriguez, Shakked Lubotzky-Gete, Suze Berkhout, Robert Dmytryshyn, Sheila Dunn, Renu Gupta, Fardous Hosseiny, Frank Sirotich, Sophie Soklaridis, Aristotle N Voineskos, Simone N Vigod","doi":"10.1177/07067437231187460","DOIUrl":"10.1177/07067437231187460","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Individuals with psychosis are at elevated risk of adverse sexual and reproductive health (SRH) outcomes, and not receiving adequate SRH care. SRH is important for youth, yet little is known about SRH care access and experiences among those with early psychosis. This study explored SRH care experiences among women and nonbinary individuals with early psychosis.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We conducted semistructured qualitative interviews with 19 service users (cisgender and transgender women, nonbinary individuals) receiving care in 2 early psychosis programs in Ontario, Canada. We also conducted semistructured interviews and focus groups with 36 clinicians providing SRH or mental health care to this population. Participants were asked about SRH care access/provision experiences and the interplay with psychosis. Using a social interactionist orientation, a thematic analysis described and explained service user and clinician perspectives regarding SRH care.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Amongst both service users and clinician groups, common themes developed: (a) diversity of settings: SRH services are accessed in a large range of spaces across the health care system, (b) barriers in nonpsychiatric SRH care settings: psychosis impacts the ability to engage with existing SRH services, (c) invisibility of SRH in psychiatric settings: SRH is rarely addressed in psychiatric care, (d) variability of informal SRH-related conversations and supports, and cutting across all of the above themes, (e) intersecting social and cultural factors impacted SRH services access.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>SRH is important for health and wellbeing; improvements are urgently needed across the healthcare system and within early psychosis programs to meet this population's multifaceted SRH needs.</p>","PeriodicalId":55283,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Psychiatry-Revue Canadienne De Psychiatrie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10867406/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10152915","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jude Mary Cénat, Myrna Lashley, G Eric Jarvis, Monnica T Williams, Emmanuelle Bernheim, Daniel Derivois, Cécile Rousseau
{"title":"The Burden of Psychosis in Black Communities in Canada: More than a Feeling, a Black Family Experience.","authors":"Jude Mary Cénat, Myrna Lashley, G Eric Jarvis, Monnica T Williams, Emmanuelle Bernheim, Daniel Derivois, Cécile Rousseau","doi":"10.1177/07067437231197263","DOIUrl":"10.1177/07067437231197263","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55283,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Psychiatry-Revue Canadienne De Psychiatrie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10867408/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10139254","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Farooq Naeem, Nagina Khan, Nazia Sohani, Farhana Safa, Mehreen Masud, Sarah Ahmed, Gary Thandi, Baldev Mutta, Azaad Kasaam, Kamlesh Tello, Muhammad Ishrat Husain, Muhammad Omair Husain, Sean A Kidd, Kwame McKenzie
{"title":"Culturally Adapted Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CaCBT) to Improve Community Mental Health Services for Canadians of South Asian Origin: A Qualitative Study.","authors":"Farooq Naeem, Nagina Khan, Nazia Sohani, Farhana Safa, Mehreen Masud, Sarah Ahmed, Gary Thandi, Baldev Mutta, Azaad Kasaam, Kamlesh Tello, Muhammad Ishrat Husain, Muhammad Omair Husain, Sean A Kidd, Kwame McKenzie","doi":"10.1177/07067437231178958","DOIUrl":"10.1177/07067437231178958","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>South Asian (SA) Canadians are disproportionately affected by higher rates of mood and anxiety disorders. SA Canadians with depression report significant barriers to accessing mental health care and the highest proportion of unmet mental health needs. The Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) advocates for culturally and linguistically relevant services for SA Canadians. Culturally adapted cognitive behavior therapy (CaCBT) has shown to be more effective than standard cognitive behavior therapy (CBT). Adapting CBT for the growing SA population in Canada will ensure equitable access to effective, culturally-appropriate mental health interventions.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The study used a qualitative design to elicit stakeholder consultation via in-depth interviews. This study is reported using the criteria included in Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Studies (COREQ). The analysis follows an ethnographic approach and was informed by the principles of emergent design.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Five themes were identified from the analysis, (i) Awareness and preparation: factors that impact the individual's understanding of therapy and mental illness. (ii) Access and provision: SA Canadians' perception of barriers, facilitators, and access to treatment. (iii) Assessment and engagement: experiences of receiving helpful treatment. (iv) Adjustments to therapy: modifications and suggestions to standard CBT. (v) Ideology and ambiguity: racism, immigration, discrimination, and other socio-political factors.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Mainstream mental health services need to be culturally appropriate to better serve SA Canadians experiencing depression and anxiety. Services must understand the family dynamics, cultural values and socio-political factors that impact SA Canadians to reduce attrition rates in therapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":55283,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Psychiatry-Revue Canadienne De Psychiatrie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10867407/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9692138","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michael Lebenbaum, Fiona Kouyoumdjian, Anjie Huang, Paul Kurdyak
{"title":"The Association Between Prior Mental Health Service Utilization and Risk of Recidivism among Incarcerated Ontario Residents.","authors":"Michael Lebenbaum, Fiona Kouyoumdjian, Anjie Huang, Paul Kurdyak","doi":"10.1177/07067437221140385","DOIUrl":"10.1177/07067437221140385","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>There is mixed evidence on the link between mental health and addiction (MHA) history and recidivism. Few studies have examined post-release MHA care. Our objective was to examine the association between prior (pre-incarceration) MHA service use and post-release recidivism and service use.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a population-based cohort study linking individuals held in provincial correctional institutions in 2010 to health administrative databases. Prior MHA service use was assigned hierarchically in order of hospitalization, emergency department visit and outpatient visit. We followed up individuals post-release for up to 5 years for the first occurrence of recidivism and MHA hospitalization, emergency department visit and outpatient visit. We use Cox-proportional hazards models to examine the association between prior MHA service use and each outcome adjusting for prior correctional involvement and demographic characteristics.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among a sample consisting of 45,890 individuals, we found that prior MHA service use was moderately associated with recidivism (hazard ratio (HR): 1.20-1.50, all <i>P</i> < 0.001), with secondary analyses finding larger associations for addiction service use (HR range: 1.34-1.54, all <i>P</i> < 0.001) than for mental health service use (HR range: 1.09-1.18, all <i>P</i> < 0.001). We found high levels of post-release MHA hospitalization and low levels of outpatient MHA care relative to need even among individuals with prior MHA hospitalization.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Despite a high risk of recidivism and acute MHA utilization post-release, we found low access to MHA outpatient care, highlighting the necessity for greater efforts to facilitate access to care and care integration for individuals with mental health needs in correctional facilities.</p>","PeriodicalId":55283,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Psychiatry-Revue Canadienne De Psychiatrie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10867412/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10345851","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ka Sing Paris Lai, Robyn Waxman, Daniel M Blumberger, Peter Giacobbe, Gary Hasey, Lisa McMurray, Roumen Milev, Lena Palaniyappan, Rajamannar Ramasubbu, Yuri E Rybak, Tegan Sacevich, Fidel Vila-Rodriguez, Amer M Burhan
{"title":"Competencies for Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Postgraduate Medical Education: Expert Consensus Using a Modified Delphi Process.","authors":"Ka Sing Paris Lai, Robyn Waxman, Daniel M Blumberger, Peter Giacobbe, Gary Hasey, Lisa McMurray, Roumen Milev, Lena Palaniyappan, Rajamannar Ramasubbu, Yuri E Rybak, Tegan Sacevich, Fidel Vila-Rodriguez, Amer M Burhan","doi":"10.1177/07067437231164571","DOIUrl":"10.1177/07067437231164571","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) is recommended in Canadian guidelines as a first-line treatment for major depressive disorder. With the shift towards competency-based medical education, it remains unclear how to determine when a resident is considered competent in applying knowledge of rTMS to patient care. Given inconsistencies between postgraduate training programmes with regards to training requirements, defining competencies will improve the standard of care in rTMS delivery.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The goal of this study was to develop competencies for rTMS that can be implemented into a competency-based training curriculum in postgraduate training programmes.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A working group drafted competencies for postgraduate psychiatry trainees. Fourteen rTMS experts from across Canada were invited to participate in the modified Delphi process.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Ten experts participated in all three rounds of the modified Delphi process. A total of 20 items reached a consensus. There was improvement in the Cronbach's alpha over the rounds of modified Delphi process (Cronbach's alpha increased from 0.554 to 0.824) suggesting improvement in internal consistency. The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) increased from 0.543 to 0.805 suggesting improved interrater agreement.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This modified Delphi process resulted in expert consensus on competencies to be acquired during postgraduate medical education programmes where a learner is training to become competent as a consultant and/or practitioner in rTMS treatment. This is a field that still requires development, and it is expected that as more evidence emerges the competencies will be further refined. These results will help the development of other curricula in interventional psychiatry.</p>","PeriodicalId":55283,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Psychiatry-Revue Canadienne De Psychiatrie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10657584/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9161343","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Adult Psychiatric Hospitalizations in Ontario, Canada Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic.","authors":"Bryan Tanner, Paul Kurdyak, Claire de Oliveira","doi":"10.1177/07067437231167386","DOIUrl":"10.1177/07067437231167386","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychiatric hospitalizations in Ontario are unknown. The purpose of this study was to identify changes to volumes and characteristics of psychiatric hospitalizations in Ontario during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A time series analysis was done using psychiatric hospitalizations with admissions dates from July 2017 to September 2021 identified from provincial health administrative data. Variables included monthly volumes of hospitalizations as well as proportions of stays <3 days and involuntary admissions, overall and by diagnosis (mood, psychotic, addiction, and other disorders). Changes to trends during the pandemic were tested using linear regression.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 236,634 psychiatric hospitalizations were identified. Volumes decreased in the first few months of the pandemic before returning to prepandemic volumes by May 2020. However, monthly hospitalizations for psychotic disorders increased by ∼9% compared to the prepandemic period and remained elevated thereafter. Short stays and involuntary admissions increased by approximately 2% and 7%, respectively, before trending downwards.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Psychiatric hospitalizations quickly stabilized in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, evidence suggested a shift towards a more severe presentation during this period.</p>","PeriodicalId":55283,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Psychiatry-Revue Canadienne De Psychiatrie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10657583/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9234294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alene Toulany, Paul Kurdyak, Therese A Stukel, Rachel Strauss, Longdi Fu, Jun Guan, Lisa Fiksenbaum, Eyal Cohen, Astrid Guttmann, Simone Vigod, Maria Chiu, Charlotte Moore Hepburn, Kimberly Moran, William Gardner, Mario Cappelli, Purnima Sundar, Natasha Saunders
{"title":"Sociodemographic Differences in Physician-Based Mental Health and Virtual Care Utilization and Uptake of Virtual Care Among Children and Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ontario, Canada: A Population-Based Study.","authors":"Alene Toulany, Paul Kurdyak, Therese A Stukel, Rachel Strauss, Longdi Fu, Jun Guan, Lisa Fiksenbaum, Eyal Cohen, Astrid Guttmann, Simone Vigod, Maria Chiu, Charlotte Moore Hepburn, Kimberly Moran, William Gardner, Mario Cappelli, Purnima Sundar, Natasha Saunders","doi":"10.1177/07067437231156254","DOIUrl":"10.1177/07067437231156254","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>We sought to evaluate the relationship between social determinants of health and physician-based mental healthcare utilization and virtual care use among children and adolescents in Ontario, Canada, during the COVID-19 pandemic.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This population-based repeated cross-sectional study of children and adolescents (3-17 years; <i>N</i> = 2.5 million) used linked health and demographic administrative data in Ontario, Canada (2017-2021). Multivariable Poisson regressions with generalized estimating equations compared rates of outpatient physician-based mental healthcare use during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic with expected rates based on pre-COVID patterns. Analyses were conducted by socioeconomic status (material deprivation quintiles of the Ontario Marginalization index), urban/rural region of residence, and immigration status.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Overall, pediatric physician-based mental healthcare visits were 5% lower than expected (rate ratio [RR] = 0.95, 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.92 to 0.98) among those living in the most deprived areas in the first year of the pandemic, compared with the least deprived with 4% higher than expected rates (RR = 1.04, 95% CI, 1.02 to 1.06). There were no differences in overall observed and expected visit rates by region of residence. Immigrants had 14% to 26% higher visit rates compared with expected from July 2020 to February 2021, whereas refugees had similarly observed and expected rates. Virtual care use was approximately 65% among refugees, compared with 70% for all strata.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>During the first year of the pandemic, pediatric physician-based mental healthcare utilization was higher among immigrants and lower than expected among those with lower socioeconomic status. Refugees had the lowest use of virtual care. Further work is needed to understand whether these differences reflect issues in access to care or the need to help inform ongoing pandemic recovery planning.</p>","PeriodicalId":55283,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Psychiatry-Revue Canadienne De Psychiatrie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9982398/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10831268","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Happy Birthday \"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest\": A Momentous Tale in the Quest for an Effective and Ethical Approach to Psychosurgery.","authors":"E Stip, S F Javaid, K Abdel Aziz, D Arnone","doi":"10.1177/07067437231182658","DOIUrl":"10.1177/07067437231182658","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The anniversary of the publication of 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' by Ken Kesey offers an opportunity for reflection on the use of neurosurgery in psychiatry. We used a narrative, historical and dialectical method to deliver an account of the controversial subject. A balanced representation of the negative and positive aspects, acknowledging some of the questionable ethical practices while describing well-reasoned applications is provided. It includes neurosurgeons, psychiatrists who have embraced these procedures with unwarranted enthusiasm and those who have opposed. Neurosurgical techniques for the treatment of severe mental disorders have evolved from rudimentary procedures which were used to 'correct' unwanted behaviours associated with a wide range of severe mental disorders to more refined and selective approaches used as a last resort to treat specific mental health conditions. In the absence of specific aetiological models to guide ablative surgical targets, non-ablative, stimulatory techniques have more recently been developed to allow reversibility when surgical treatment fails to obtain a sizeable improvement in quality of life. The subject is concretely illustrated by two eloquent clinical images: one on a series of brain computed tomography scans carried out on a Canadian population of subjects, who underwent leukotomy decades ago, and the other more contemporary on an implantation surgery to epidural stimulation. Alongside technical advances in psychosurgery, a regulatory framework has gradually developed to ensure vigilance in the appropriateness of patients' selection. Nevertheless, harmonisation of protocols around the world is necessary to ensure consistency in obtaining and maintaining the highest possible ethical standards for the benefit of patients. If the neurosciences promise today, in their new, better framed, and reversible applications, to provide answers to unmet therapeutic needs, we still must remain attentive to drifts linked the introduction of intrusive technologies for purposes of domination or behaviour modification that would impede our individual freedom.</p>","PeriodicalId":55283,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Psychiatry-Revue Canadienne De Psychiatrie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10657581/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9761083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jacob Cookey, Jacob McGavin, Candice E Crocker, Sherry H Stewart, Philip G Tibbo
{"title":"In Response to \"Clinical Characteristics Associated With Early Phase Psychosis and Comorbid Substance Use\": Methodological Concerns-Authors' Reply.","authors":"Jacob Cookey, Jacob McGavin, Candice E Crocker, Sherry H Stewart, Philip G Tibbo","doi":"10.1177/07067437231173211","DOIUrl":"10.1177/07067437231173211","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55283,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Psychiatry-Revue Canadienne De Psychiatrie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10657582/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9456750","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alex Abramovich, W Ariel Gould, Nelson Pang, Claire de Oliveira, Tomisin Iwajomo, Myriam Vigny-Pau, Kinnon MacKinnon, June Sing Hong Lam, Paul Kurdyak
{"title":"Exploring Mediators of Mental Health Service Use Among Transgender Individuals in Ontario, Canada.","authors":"Alex Abramovich, W Ariel Gould, Nelson Pang, Claire de Oliveira, Tomisin Iwajomo, Myriam Vigny-Pau, Kinnon MacKinnon, June Sing Hong Lam, Paul Kurdyak","doi":"10.1177/07067437231171541","DOIUrl":"10.1177/07067437231171541","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To determine if and to what degree neighbourhood-level marginalization mediates mental health service use among transgender individuals.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This retrospective cohort study identified 2,085 transgender individuals through data obtained from 4 outpatient community and hospital clinics in 3 large cities in Ontario, which were linked with administrative health data between January 2015 and December 2019. An age-matched 1:5 comparison cohort was created from the general population of Ontario. Outcome measures were analysed from March 2020 to May 2022. The primary outcome was mental health service utilization, which included mental health-related visits to primary care providers, psychiatrists, mental health- and self-harm-related emergency department visits, and mental health hospitalizations. Mediation variables included ethnic concentration, residential instability, dependency, and material deprivation at the neighbourhood level and were derived from the Ontario Marginalization Index.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>This study identified 2,085 transgender individuals from participating outpatient community and hospital clinics, who were matched to the general population (<i>n</i> = 10,425). Overall, neighbourhood-level marginalization did not clinically mediate mental health service use. However, transgender individuals were more likely to be exposed to all forms of neighbourhood-level marginalization, as well as having higher rates of health service use across all outcome measures.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In this study, mental health service use among transgender individuals was not clinically mediated by marginalization at the neighbourhood level. This study highlights the need to explore marginalization and mental health service use at the individual level to better understand the mental health disparities experienced by transgender individuals and to ensure that health-care services are inclusive and affirming.</p>","PeriodicalId":55283,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Psychiatry-Revue Canadienne De Psychiatrie","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10657585/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9498297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}