Building better mental health for transgender population : A review

Pages: 1234-1237
Saumya Sharan, Manpreet Ola and Vikas Sharma (Department of Clinical Psychology, Amity University, Gurugram, Haryana)

There is an increasing awareness as well as sensitisation in the society towards the sexual minority group and the need to initiate their inclusion, sense of belonging as well as ensuring their rights towards a civil life. This change has been more evident in the past two decades with increasing research on the transgender population, not just in India but on a global level. The aim of the present review paper is to highlight the mental health concerns that the transgender population faces which thus leads to manifestation of various psychological issues in them and the level to which this population feels supported in our society. To reach the objective of the study the variables considered were : 1) Social Anxiety 2) Perceived Social Support and 3) Quality of life in the Transgender population. Research studies focusing on these variables conducted globally were considered, critically analysed and articles from the papers were summarised in an attempt to clearly provide an explanation of the current understanding on the mental health of transgenders in terms of the occurrence of social anxiety, the level of perceived social support and their Quality of life.