Transgender people experience higher levels of depression, anxiety, and suicidality than cisgender people, and the highest rates of mental health challenges among people who identify as LGBTQIA+. Presenters speak about their work in New England, share their strategies for and experiences with supporting mental health for transgender populations and answer questions from participants.
Presenters:
Layne Alexander Gianakos (he/him), Program Coordinator, Office of Health Equity Research at Yale School of Medicine
Kirill Ivan Staklo (he/him), Program Director, PeerPride
Dr. Heather Kim, MD (she/they), Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital
View a recording of this 6/21/23 event here.
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