Assessment of Behavioral Health Readiness for Gender-Affirming Surgery: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Mental Health Provider Practices

Madyson Brown, Ferris Zeitouni, Essie Ghafoor, Bashar Hassan, Calvin R Schuster, Mona Ascha, Romy Smith, Kate Thomas, Zackary Berger, Fan Liang

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DOI: 10.7759/cureus.107604
Published: 2026-04-23
Container: Cureus
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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@article{allodium:10.7759/cureus.107604,
  title = {Assessment of Behavioral Health Readiness for Gender-Affirming Surgery: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Mental Health Provider Practices},
  author = {Madyson Brown and Ferris Zeitouni and Essie Ghafoor and Bashar Hassan and Calvin R Schuster and Mona Ascha and Romy Smith and Kate Thomas and Zackary Berger and Fan Liang},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Cureus},
  doi = {10.7759/cureus.107604},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.107604}
}

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TI  - Assessment of Behavioral Health Readiness for Gender-Affirming Surgery: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Mental Health Provider Practices
AU  - Madyson Brown
AU  - Ferris Zeitouni
AU  - Essie Ghafoor
AU  - Bashar Hassan
AU  - Calvin R Schuster
AU  - Mona Ascha
AU  - Romy Smith
AU  - Kate Thomas
AU  - Zackary Berger
AU  - Fan Liang
PY  - 2026
JO  - Cureus
DO  - 10.7759/cureus.107604
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Brown, M., Zeitouni, F., Ghafoor, E., Hassan, B., Schuster, C. R., Ascha, M., Smith, R., Thomas, K., Berger, Z., & Liang, F. (2026). Assessment of Behavioral Health Readiness for Gender-Affirming Surgery: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Mental Health Provider Practices. Cureus. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.107604

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