Citation

Wesemann U, Helms C, Polk S, Mahnke M, Bühler A, Muschner P, Willmund G. Disaster Med. Public Health Prep. 2023; 17: e394.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2023, Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Publisher Cambridge University Press)

DOI

10.1017/dmp.2023.77

PMID

37183713

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: In this single-case-by-group comparison, we examine whether previously found cisgender differences in paranoid ideation after a terror attack are also seen in a transgender male emergency worker.

METHODS: Sixty emergency personnel who were exposed to the 2016 terror attack in Berlin were evaluated 3 to 4 and 21-25 mo after the attack.

RESULTS: On paranoid ideation, the transgender male showed higher scores than cisgender males (+2 standard deviations [SD]) and the overall group (+1 SD).

CONCLUSIONS: This underpins the previously identified gender effects. It would be useful to consider specified pre- and postdeployment modules that take cis- and transgender differences into account.

Language: en

Keywords

Humans; Male; mental health; transgender; *Transgender Persons; *Terrorism; Berlin; emergency responders; Health Status Disparities; paranoid ideation; terrorist attack