Selected Recent Publications
Turban, J.L., Dolotina, B., Freitag, T.M., King, D., Keuroghlian, A.S. (2023) Age of Realization and Disclosure of Gender Identity Among Transgender Adults. Journal of Adolescent Health.
This study examined the amount of time between a person realizing their gender identity and sharing this with another person. Among people who first understood their gender identity during childhood, a median 14 years elapsed until they shared this with another person, highlighting the work that must be done to combat stigma related to gender diversity. The study also found that among transgender adults, it is not uncommon to not come to understand one's transgender identity until after the onset of puberty.
Turban, J.L., Kamceva, M., Keuroghlian, A.S. (2022) Psychopharmacologic Considerations for Transgender and Gender Diverse People. JAMA Psychiatry.
This manuscript, written for psychiatric practitioners, provides an overview of unique psychaitric medication management considerations for transgender and gender diverse patients.
Turban J.L., King, D., Kobe, J., Reisner, S.L., Keuroghlian, A.S. (2022) Access to gender-affirming hormones during adolescence and mental health outcomes among transgender adults. PLoS One.
Using a large dataset of over 27,000 transgender and gender diverse adults in the United States, this study found that access to gender-affirming hormone treatment during adolescence was associated with better mental health outcomes in adulthood.
Turban J.L., Kraschel K.L., Cohen, G.C. (2021) Legislation to Criminalize Gender-affirming Medical Care for Transgender Youth. JAMA.
This manuscript, written with legal scholar colleagues from Harvard Law School and Yale Law School, provides an overview of recently proposed state bills that aim to criminalize the provision of gender-affirming medical care for adolescents with gender dysphoria, explaining why such proposed legislation is both medically dangerous and legally precarious.
Liu M., Turban J.L., Mayer K.H. (2021) The US Supreme Court and Sexual and Gender Minority Health. American Journal of Public Health.
This manuscript reviews recent econometric causal inference studies that show the ways in which upcoming U.S. Supreme Court decisions have the potential to dramatically impact the mental health of sexual and gender minority Americans.
Turban J.L., Loo, S. S., Almazan, A. N., Keuroghlian, A.S. (2021) Factors Leading to “Detransition” Among Transgender and Gender Diverse People in the United States: A Mixed-Methods Analysis. LGBT Health.
This study of over 20,000 transgender and gender diverse Americans found that it was not uncommon for adult transgender people to have "de-transitioned" at some point in the past, and that the vast majority of the time, this "de-transition" was driven by external factors like harassment and stigma, rather than a change in gender identity.
Turban, J. L., King, D., Carswell, J. M., & Keuroghlian, A. S. (2020). Pubertal suppression for transgender youth and risk of suicidal ideation. Pediatrics.
This study was the first to link access to pubertal suppression for adolescent gender dysphoria to lower odds of suicidal ideation among transgender adults.
Turban, J. L., Beckwith, N., Reisner, S. L., & Keuroghlian, A. S. (2020). Association between recalled exposure to gender identity conversion efforts and psychological distress and suicide attempts among transgender adults. JAMA Psychiatry.
This study was the first to link exposure to gender identity conversion efforts (attempts to force transgender people to be cisgender) to adverse mental health outcomes, including suicide attempts. Exposure to such practices during childhood in was associated with an even more dramatic increased odds of suicidality.
Turban, J. L., & Keuroghlian, A. S. (2018). Dynamic gender presentations: understanding transition and" de-transition" among transgender youth. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
This clinical perspectives manuscript provides clinicians with a framwork for understanding pediatric patients who "de-transition" or choose to discontinue gender-affirming medical interventions. It focuses on exploring both internal and external factors to better understand and support such patients.
Other Recent Publications
Turban, J.L., Dolotina, B., King, D., Keuroghlian, A.S. (2022) Sex Assigned at Birth Ratio among Transgender and Gender Diverse Adolescents in the United States. Pediatrics.
Kraschel, K.L., Chen, A., Turban, J.L., Cohen, I.G. (2022) Legislation restricting gender-affirming care for transgender youth: Politics eclipse healthcare. Cell Reports Medicine.
Turban, J.L., Brady, C., Olson-Kennedy, J. (2022) Understanding and Supporting Patients with Dynamic Desires for Gender-affirming Medical Interventions. JAMA Network Open.
Dolotina, B. & Turban, J.L. (2022) Phantom Networks Prevent Children And Adolescents From Obtaining The Mental Health Care They Need. Health Affairs.
Dolotina, B. & Turban, J.L. (2022) A Multipronged, Evidence-Based Approach to Improving Mental Health Among Transgender and Gender-Diverse Youth. JAMA Network Open.
Turban, J.L., Almazan, A.N., Reisner, S.L, Keuroghlian, A.S. (2022) The Importance of Non-Probability Samples in Minority Health Research: Lessons Learned from Studies of Transgender and Gender Diverse Mental Health. Transgender Health.
Turban, J. L., King, D., Li, J. J., & Keuroghlian, A. S. (2021) Timing of social transition for transgender and gender diverse youth, K-12 harassment, and adult mental health outcomes. Journal of Adolescent Health.
Suto, D.J., Macapagal, K., Turban, J.L. (2021) Geosocial Networking Application Use Among Sexual Minority Adolescents. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.
Turban, J. L., Passell E, Scheer L, Germine L. (2020) Use of Geosocial Networking Applications Is Associated With Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder in an Online Sample. The Journal of Sexual Medicine.
Turban, J. L., Keuroghlian, A. S., & Mayer, K. H. (2020) Sexual Health in the SARS-CoV-2 Era. Annals of Internal Medicine.
Malta, M., LeGrand, S., Turban, J.L., Poteat, T., & Whetten, K. (2020). Gender-congruent government identification is crucial for gender affirmation. The Lancet Public Health.
Turban, J. L., Shirk, S. D., Potenza, M. N., Hoff, R. A., & Kraus, S. W. (2020). Posting Sexually Explicit Images or Videos of Oneself Online Is Associated With Impulsivity and Hypersexuality but Not Measures of Psychopathology in a Sample of US Veterans. The Journal of Sexual Medicine.
Acosta, W., Qayyum, Z., Turban, J. L., & van Schalkwyk, G. I. (2019). Identify, engage, understand: Supporting transgender youth in an inpatient psychiatric hospital. Psychiatric Quarterly.
Turban J.L. (2019). Medical Training in the Closet. The New England Journal of Medicine.
Turban, J. L., King, D., Reisner, S. L., & Keuroghlian, A. S. (2019). Psychological Attempts to Change a Person’s Gender Identity from Transgender to Cisgender: Estimated Prevalence Across US States, 2015. American Journal of Public Health.
Turban, J. L., & Keuroghlian, A. S. (2018). Dynamic gender presentations: understanding transition and" de-transition" among transgender youth. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Turban, J. L., Carswell, J., & Keuroghlian, A. S. (2018). Understanding pediatric patients who discontinue gender-affirming hormonal interventions. JAMA Pediatrics.
Turban, J. L. (2018). Potentially Reversible Social Deficits Among Transgender Youth. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.
Turban, J. L., & van Schalkwyk, G. I. (2018). “Gender dysphoria” and autism spectrum disorder: Is the link real?. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.
Turban, J. L., Winer, J., Boulware, S., VanDeusen, T., & Encandela, J. (2018). Knowledge and attitudes toward transgender health. Clinical Teacher.
Turban, J. L., & Ehrensaft, D. (2018). Research review: gender identity in youth: treatment paradigms and controversies. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
Turban J. L., Genel, M. (2017) Evolving Treatment Paradigms for Transgender Patients. Connecticut Medicine.
Turban, J., Ferraiolo, T., Martin, A., & Olezeski, C. (2017). Ten things transgender and gender nonconforming youth want their doctors to know. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.
Turban, J. L. (2017). Transgender Youth: The Building Evidence Base for Early Social Transition. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Turban, J. L., Potenza, M. N., Hoff, R. A., Martino, S., & Kraus, S. W. (2017). Psychiatric disorders, suicidal ideation, and sexually transmitted infections among post-deployment veterans who utilize digital social media for sexual partner seeking. Addictive Behaviors.