The American Psychological Association’s Office on AIDS and SAMHSA’s HIV/AIDS and Mental Health Training Resource Center invite you to participate in an upcoming webinar:
“Transgender Health and HIV/AIDS”
When: Wednesday 30 March 2016, 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. Eastern
Register: https://edc.
Transgender people experience multiple health disparities, including mental health and HIV treatment. This webinar will review the most recent literature documenting these disparities and their connection to experiences of transphobia—the discrimination, harassment, and violence often directed toward transgender people. We will discuss frameworks for thinking about and addressing these disparities in health care provision for transgender people, including syndemic theory and the Model of Gender Affirmation. Examples and ideas will foster gender-affirming and trauma-informed health care environments and relationships with transgender clients.
This workshop will help you:
• Describe syndemic theory and how it relates to health disparities experienced by transgender people.
• Discuss recent findings on mental health disparities experienced by transgender people, with a specific focus on depression, anxiety, and PTSD.
• Identify factors that mediate the relationship between transphobia and poor mental health outcomes.
• Consider applications of the Model of Gender Affirmation to one’s own approach to health care provision for transgender people.
The webinar is free of charge.
This webinar has been reviewed and approved by the APA Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). APA CEP Office maintains responsibility for this program and its content. The CE fee is $25.00 for this webinar.
This webinar is provided as a collaborative effort between the American Psychological Association’s Office on AIDS and the HIV/AIDS and Mental Health Training Resource Center, which aims to expand the knowledge and capacity of mental health care providers to address the mental health and psychosocial needs of consumers impacted and affected by HIV. This is done as a partnership between the Education Development Center, American Psychological Association, American Psychiatric Association, and National Association of Social Workers, partially funded under a task order from the Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services, reference #283-12-2401. This Webinar is offered for training and technical assistance purposes only. The content, views and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of SAMHSA or HHS.