Mental Health Outcomes in Transgender and Nonbinary Youths Receiving Gender-Affirming Care (1 credit hour)

This course highlights a scientific research study.

Program Summary:  This course explores changes in mental health outcomes for transgender and nonbinary youth during the first 12 months of gender affirming care.  The course highlights a research study of TNB youth receiving care at Seattle Children’s Gender Clinic, assessing for changes in depression, anxiety, and suicidality.  Findings showed mental health improvements for TNB individuals receiving gender-affirming care during the first year.

This course is recommended for social workers and counselors and is appropriate for beginning and intermediate levels of practice.
Unfortunately, this course is no longer available in CE Broker for Florida professionals.

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Course Reading:  Mental Health Outcomes in Transgender and Nonbinary Youths Receiving Gender-Affirming Care

Publisher:  JAMA Network Open

Additional Reading:  OASH Gender Affirming Care and Young People  https://opa.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/2023-08/gender-affirming-care-young-people.pdf

Course Objectives:  To enhance professional practice, values, skills and knowledge by exploring changes in mental health outcomes for transgender and nonbinary youth receiving gender-affirming care.

Learning Objectives:  Describe mental health disparities experienced by TNB youth.  Describe changes in depression, anxiety, and suicidality among youth who had initiated gender-affirming care.  Identify study limitations.

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Course Available Until: February 28, 2027.

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1: Abstract:  The objective of the study is to investigate changes in mental health over the first year of receiving gender-affirming care and whether initiation of puberty blockers (PBs) and gender-affirming hormones (GAHs) was associated with changes in
 
 
 
 
2: This study found that gender-affirming medical interventions were associated with lower odds of ___________ over 12 months.
 
 
 
 
3: Introduction:  TNB youths who present to care later in adolescence or early adulthood experience _________ adverse mental health outcomes.
 
 
4: Despite the evidence base, legislation criminalizing and thus limiting access to gender-affirming medical care for minors is
 
 
5: Given the high risk of suicidality among TNB adolescents, there is a pressing need to better characterize mental health trends for TNB youths __________ in gender-affirming care.
 
 
6: Results:  After adjusting for temporal trends and potential confounders, the study observed that youths who had initiated PBs or GAHs had ____________ lower odds of moderate to severe depression and __________ lower odds of self-harm or suicidal thoughts compared with youths who had not yet initiated PBs or GAHs.
 
 
 
 
7: There was ___________ association between receipt of PBs or GAHs and moderate to severe anxiety.
 
 
 
 
8: Discussion: Study results suggest that risks of depression and suicidality may be mitigated with receipt of gender-affirming medications in the context of a multidisciplinary care clinic over the relatively short time frame of ___________.
 
 
 
 
9: Findings are __________ with studies finding long-term and short-term improvements in mental health outcomes among TNB individuals who receive gender-affirming medical interventions.
 
 
10: Limitations:  Which of the following is a possible limitation of the study?
 
 
 
 

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G.M. Rydberg-Cox, MSW, LSCSW is the Continuing Education Director at Free State Social Work and responsible for the development of this course.  She received her Masters of Social Work in 1996 from the Jane Addams School of Social Work at the University of Illinois-Chicago and she has over 20 years of experience.  She has lived and worked as a social worker in Chicago, Boston, and Kansas City.  She has practiced for many years in the area of hospital/medical social work.  The reading materials for this course were developed by another organization.

Course Available Until: February 28, 2027.
Filed under: Cultural Competence, LGBTQ+