Russell, S. T., Pollitt, A. M., Li, G., & Grossman, A. H. (2018). Chosen Name Use Is Linked to Reduced Depressive Symptoms, Suicidal Ideation, and Suicidal Behavior Among Transgender Youth. The Journal of Adolescent Health: Official Publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 63(4), 503–505 Til tidsskriftet

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The study concluded that for teenagers who have selected a name different from their birth name, the use of their chosen name is correlated with improved psychosocial outcomes in several domains.

As the editors of the journal cautioned in an accompanying editorial: "The study is correlational so causality cannot be assumed, and the sample size was small. Also, access to and treatment with gender-affirming hormones for medical transition were not evaluated. Access to gender-affirming medical treatment may confound the relationship between chosen name use and mental health symptoms". [Vance, SR, 'The Importance of Getting the Name Right for Transgender and Other Gender Expansive Youth', Journal of Adolescent Health (October 2018), vol 63 no.4, pp. 379-80]