In this talk from the 2021 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health conference, Sarah reviews areas to cover when conducting an assessment of mental health and readiness for gender-affirming surgery referral letter requests. The session is presented through a lens of social justice, and from the perspective of providing trauma-informed and gender-affirming care. Aspects of the client-provider power differential and gatekeeping role are discussed. Participants will learn what questions to include in the assessment and how to ask clients such questions in order to support clients' goal(s) for gender- affirming surgeries, and identify insurance-based eligibility criteria for emotional and practical readiness for gender-affirming surgeries.
Learning Resources
Behavioral Health Care for Transgender Adults
In this talk from the 2021 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health conference, Dr. Alex Keuroghlian discusses behavioral health care for transgender and gender-diverse people at health centers. This session will contextualize mental health inequities across diagnostic categories within a gender minority stress framework, propose culturally responsive tailoring of evidence-based clinical practices, and offer strategies for building inclusive, affirming, and trauma-informed environments within health centers in order to optimize behavioral health outcomes.
- Filed under
- Behavioral Health
- Transgender Health
Gender-Affirmative Health Care
In this talk from the 2021 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health conference, Dr. Reisner provides an overview on gender-affirmative health care, including terminology, demographics and epidemiology.
Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy: Estrogen, Anti-Androgens, and Progesterone
In this talk from the 2021 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health conference, Julie Thompson discusses estrogen, anti-androgens and progesterone use.
- Filed under
- Transgender Health
Emerging Topics in Trans Medicine – Expert Panel Discussion
In this panel from the 2021 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health conference, experts in transgender and gender-diverse patient care discuss emerging topics in the field.
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- Transgender Health
Reproductive Care and Obstetrics for Transgender and Gender-diverse People
In this talk from the 2021 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health conference, Drs. Viloria and Grimstad highlight reproductive care and obstetrics for transgender and gender-diverse people.
- Filed under
- Reproductive Health
- Transgender Health
Puberty Blockers and Hormone Therapy for Gender Diverse Youth and Adolescents
In this talk from the 2021 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health conference, Dr. Carswell discusses puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender and gender-diverse youth and adolescents.
- Filed under
- LGBTQIA+ Children and Youth
- Transgender Health
Healthcare Experiences of Transgender and Gender Non-binary People of Color Panel
In this panel from the 2021 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health conference, transgender and gender-diverse BIPOC panelists share both negative and positive experiences in accessing health care.
- Filed under
- LGBTQIA+ People of Color
- Transgender Health
Decolonizing Gender: How Mental Health Providers Can Break Out of the Binary
In this talk from the 2021 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health conference, Dr. Chang covers how to break out of the binary when approaching behavioral health care for clients.
- Filed under
- Behavioral Health
- Transgender Health
Collecting Gender Identity Data in EHRs
In this talk from the 2021 Advancing Excellence in Transgender Health conference, Chris Grasso and Juwan Campbell discuss the importance of and how to collect gender identity data in EHRs.
