Gender Identity & Sexuality
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Five self-care tips and resources for trans folx during challenging times.
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Melina Wald, PhD, clinical director of the Gender Identity Program at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, said there is increasing understanding that gender is on a spectrum.
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The New York Times
“The APA doesn’t really have an official position on the best way to treat the kids,” says Jack Drescher, MD, a clinical professor of psychiatry at Columbia regarding gender-affirming care.
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Melina Wald, director of the Gender Identity Program at Columbia, says that waiting to transition can create additional psychological distress for a child.
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Psychiatry Advisor
This article is a response to a study by Dr. Jeffrey Cohen and colleagues outlining strategies to improve the inclusiveness of existing digital mental health content and develop new content.
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Growing legislative attempts to limit, ban, or criminalize access to this critical model of medical care endangers the health and well-being of transgender and nonbinary youth.
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Stacy St. Clair credits Columbia's Gender Identity Program for the gift of true self.
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Behavioral Health Today
Jeff Cohen, assistant professor of medical psychology (in psychiatry) at Columbia, discusses digital mental health and the ways it can increase access to mental health care.
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"Some research suggests that members of marginalized groups may face higher rates of eating disorders, including people who are transgender or gender nonbinary," writes Dr. Blair Uniacke.
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The Columbia Gender Identity Program offers gender-affirming services to LGBTQ+ children and their families, including individual therapy, family therapy, and group therapy.
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"Polygamists face innumerable legal obstacles, affecting such matters as inheritance, hospital visits, and parentage rights," writes Dr. Andrew Solomon.
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“Now, more than ever, queer people are empowering themselves to live the life that fits for them,” says Dr. Jeff Cohen, whose research focuses on the experience of sexual minorities.
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Psychiatric Times
Due to the pandemic LGBTQ youth may be quarantining with rejecting family-members and losing contact with supportive social networks.
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Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Sexual and Gender Minority SIG
"The pressure to avoid isolation, rejection, and disapproval from their community is common for those who hold intersecting queer and Arab identities," write Drs. Kareen M. Matouk and Melina Wald.
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