AGLP/Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health Educational Zoom Session
Learning How to Thrive: Resilience in LGBTQ Youth and Young Adults
Welcoming members of Pride CAPA and AACAP's SOGIIC (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) (Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues Committee)
Sunday, July 26, 7:30-9:00p EDT, 4:30-6:00p PDT
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Presentation #1: "It truly does get better:" Young sexual minority men's resilient responses to sexual minority stress.
Dr. Audrey Harkness is a psychologist and research assistant professor at the University of Miami in the Department of Public Health Sciences. Dr. Harkness' research focuses on sexual and gender minority mental health and HIV-prevention and treatment. Dr. Harkness will be describing a qualitative study that identified themes of resilience among young sexual minority men who completed a course of cognitive-behavioral therapy to address minority stress underlying their distress. The analysis revealed three categories of resilience: (1) cultivating internal affirmation strategies, (2) building supportive relationships and community, and (3) using cognitive and behavioral skills to cope with minority stress. The study is a secondary analysis from Project ESTEEM (R01MH109413; PI: Pachankis) and was recently published in AGLP's Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health:https://doi.org/10.1080/19359705.2020.1713276
Presentation #2: Resiliency in the Clinical Setting: Focusing on LGBTQ+ Youth and Transitional-Age Populations.
Annalyn Gibson, MD is a second year Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellow at the University of Rochester where she completed her Adult Psychiatry Residency. She enjoys employing psychotherapeutic techniques and keeping in mind the family and community systems in play when working with patients of all ages. Dr. Gibson will review resiliency and its specific implications in reducing minority stress for the LGBTQ+ youth and transitional-age populations. We will additionally cover ways in which we can strengthen these resiliency factors in our work with patients in the clinical setting.
Moderators:
Shervin Shadianloo, MD, is a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, working as an Assistant Professor at Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. He is the lead psychiatrist in LGBTQ care, in particular transgender care at transgender programs across Northwell Health System. He also runs a private practice in Manhattan.
Christopher McIntosh, MD,
is the Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health which is in its 31st year of publication. He is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto.
Musical Prelude:
Scott Leibowitz, MD is a child and adolescent psychiatrist who is the Medical Director of Behavioral Health for the THRIVE Gender Development Program at Nationwide Children's Hospital and Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at OSU College of Medicine. He is the Co-Chair of the SOGIIC for AACAP and the chapter lead for the Adolescent Assessment Chapter for WPATH's upcoming 8th edition of the Standards of Care. He has been playing piano since he was 6 years old.
