Initiating gender-affirming hormones for transgender and non-binary people: A qualitative study of providers’ perspectives on requiring mental health evaluations

• Daphna Stroumsa ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: daphnast@med.umich.edu

  Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1205-3217

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• Leah A. Minadeo,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Information Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

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• Mariam Maksutova,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Visualization

  Affiliation Medical School, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America

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• Molly B. Moravek,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

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• Rob Stephenson,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Systems, Populations and Leadership, School of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, The Center for Sexuality and Health Disparities, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

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• Paul N. Pfeiffer,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

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• Justine P. Wu

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

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