Mental Health, Gender Dysphoria, and Quality of Life in Trans Individuals Following Top Surgery: Protocol for a Prospective Cohort Study

Julia Bak   ^{1 *} , BPsych(Hons) ;   Kah Aik Tan   ^{2, 3 *} , MD ;   Jack Ball   ¹ , PhD ;   Sam Bonney   ¹ ;   Julia K Moore   ⁴ , FRANZCP, MBBS(Hons) ;   Kirsty Hird   ⁵ , PhD ;   Blake S Cavve   ¹ , PhD ;   Larissa Marion   ⁶ , BPsych(Hons) ;   Tim Hewitt   ^{7, 8} , MBBS(Hons) ;   Sav Zwickl   ^{1, 9} , PhD, Masters in Sexology ;   Simone Mahfouda   ¹⁰ , PhD, MPsych (Clinical) ;   Ashleigh Lin   ^{11, 12} , PhD, MPsych(ClinNeuropsych) ;   Penelope Strauss   ^{1, 11} , PhD, MPH

¹ Youth Mental Health, The Kids Research Institute Australia, Perth, Australia

² South Metropolitan Health Service - Mental Health, Fiona Stanley Hospitals Group, Perth, Australia

³ East Metropolitan Health Service - Mental Health, Royal Perth Bentley Hospitals Group, Perth, Australia

⁴ The Gender Diversity Service, Child and Adolescent Health Service – Mental Health, Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, Australia

⁵ The Kids Research Institute Australia, Perth, Australia

⁶ School of Psychological Science, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

⁷ Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Perth, Australia

⁸ Child and Adolescent Health Service, Perth Children's Hospital, Perth, Australia

⁹ Department of Medicine (Austin Health), Trans Health Research Group, The University of Melbourne, Perth, Australia

¹⁰ Department of Clinical Psychology, Acute Adult Inpatient Services, Graylands Hospital, Perth, Australia

¹¹ School of Population and Global Health, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia

¹² Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia

*these authors contributed equally