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Clinical Update

Addressing Elder Abuse and Promoting Dignity in LGBTQIA+ Older Adults

July 1, 2025

Kathryn Kieran, PMHNP-BC. Instructor in Psychiatric Nursing, MGH Institute of Health Professions, Charlestown, MA.

Ms. Kieran has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

LGBTQIA+ older adults face unique vulnerabilities including discrimination, forced detransition, and family estrangement. Learn practical strategies for creating inclusive care environments and recognizing red flags of abuse in this vulnerable population.

Gender Affirming Care in Children and Adolescents: A Primer

September 18, 2023

Joshua Feder, MD and Mara Goverman

Child and adolescent psychiatrists are seeing increasing numbers of transgender and gender-diverse children and teens. This podcast will help clinicians understand the basics of gender-affirming care (GAC) as they work with families around issues of gender dysphoria.

Clinical Update

Gender Affirming Care in Children and Adolescents: A Primer

August 1, 2023

Joshua Feder, MD

Joshua Feder, MD. Editor in Chief of The Carlat Child Psychiatry Report.

Dr. Feder has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

What exactly is gender affirming care? What approaches are used at different stages of development? You need to know the medical and social aspects of GAC. In this article we give you the basics on GAC including social transition, hormone replacement therapy, and gender confirming surgery, stratified by developmental stages.

EXPERT Q&A

Understanding Sexuality and Gender

January 2, 2023

Hansel Arroyo, MD

Hansel Arroyo, MD. Assistant professor of psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. New York, NY.

Dr. Arroyo has no financial relationships with companies related to this material.

Dr Arroyo gives us a comprehensive review of the mental health needs of transgender and gender-nonconforming patients and of gender-affirming treatments.