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The 948 participants with a primary care doctor or general practitioner were included in analyses. Participants were aged 14\u201383 years old (mean 30.20).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The most common supportive experiences involved primary care doctors treating transgender people equitably, with competence, and with respect. Participants with more negative healthcare experiences had higher psychological distress as well as higher likelihood of reporting nonsuicidal self-injury and suicidality. Conversely, participants with more experiences of supportive primary care doctors had lower psychological distress and were less likely to have attempted suicide in the past 12 months.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>When transgender people receive supportive care from their primary care providers they experience better mental health, despite ongoing negative healthcare experiences. Future research is needed to confirm ways of supporting positive trajectories of mental health for transgender people but these findings demonstrate the importance of positive aspects of care.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/fampra\/cmac005","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,13]],"date-time":"2022-01-13T12:09:19Z","timestamp":1642075759000},"page":"834-842","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":38,"title":["Supportive interactions with primary care doctors are associated with better mental health among transgender people: results of a nationwide survey in Aotearoa\/New Zealand"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"39","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0065-2995","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gareth J","family":"Treharne","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Psychology, University of Otago , Dunedin, Aotearoa , New 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