Harvard Medical School: Lifesaving Protections
May 29, 2020
May 29, 2020
BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 29 -- Harvard Medical School issued the following news:
States that have adopted gender-minority nondiscrimination rules for private health insurance policies slowed an epidemic of mental illness, suicide attempts and suicidal thoughts among transgender and gender-diverse people, compared with states that do not offer such protections, according to new research from Harvard Medical School.
The study findings, published May 6 in JAMA Psychiatry . . .
States that have adopted gender-minority nondiscrimination rules for private health insurance policies slowed an epidemic of mental illness, suicide attempts and suicidal thoughts among transgender and gender-diverse people, compared with states that do not offer such protections, according to new research from Harvard Medical School.
The study findings, published May 6 in JAMA Psychiatry . . .