Articles
Best Practices for Mental Health Facilities Working with LGBT Clients. American Psychological Association.
Top Health Issues for LGBT Populations: Information & Resource Kit. SAMHSA.
This kit equips prevention professionals, health care providers, and educators with information on health issues among the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) population. It includes an overview of terms related to gender identity and sexual expression.
A Practitioner’s Resource Guide: Helping Families to Support Their LGBT Children. SAMHSA.
This resource guide offers information and resources to help practitioners in health and social service systems implement best practices to engage and help families and caregivers support their lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) children.
Ending Conversion Therapy: Supporting and Affirming LGBTQ Youth. SAMHSA.
This report presents therapeutic practices related to youth, and sexual orientation and gender identity. These practices are based on research, clinical expertise, and expert consensus. The report makes the case for eliminating the use of conversion therapy among youth.
A Provider’s Introduction to Substance Abuse Treatment for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals SAMHSA.
This manual informs clinicians and administrators about substance use disorder treatment approaches that are sensitive to patients among the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) population. It covers cultural, clinical, health, administrative, and legal issues as well as alliance building.
Hughes, R. L., Damin, C., & Heiden-Rootes, K. (2017). Where’s the LGBT in integrated care research? A systematic review. Families, Systems, & Health, 35(3), 308-319.
James, S. E., Herman, J. L., Rankin, S., Keisling, M., Mottet, L., & Anafi, M. (2016). The Report of the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey. Washington, DC: National Center for Transgender Equality.
McNamara, M.C. & Ng, H. (2016). Best practices in LGBT care: A guide for primary care physicians. Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, 83(7).
Steele, L. S., Daley, A., Curling, D., Gibson, M. F., Green, D. C., Williams, C. C., & Ross, L. E. (2017). LGBT identity, untreated depression, and unmet need for mental health services by sexual minority women and trans-identified people. Journal of Women's Health, 26(2), 116-127.
Book Chapters
Wylie, J., Ivbijaro, G., Thornton, J., & Wainwright, E. (2012). Gender dysphoria in primary care mental health. In: G. Ivbijaro (Ed.), Companion to Primary Care Mental Health (pp. 445-454). New York: Wonka and Radcliffe Publishing.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender healthcare: A clinical guide to preventive, primary, and specialist care (2016). Eckstrand, K.L. & Ehrenfeld, J.M. (Eds.). Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.
Webinars
Importance of Behavioral Health Integration for LGBT Patients. National LGBT Health Education Center
LGBT people have disproportionately high prevalence of depression, anxiety, substance use disorders, and suicide attempts compared with the general population. In addition, LGBT people often have unique combined physical and behavioral health needs, including those of transgender people undergoing gender affirmation and special considerations for people living with HIV AIDS. Integration of behavioral health and primary care is therefore of particular importance as a clinical best practice for LGBT people. In this webinar, Alex S. Keuroghlian, MD, MPH, will discuss the value of behavioral health integration for LGBT patients, and how advancing behavioral health integration in primary care settings can improve patient access, engagement, and both physical and behavioral health outcomes. (Keuroghlian, n.d.)
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