Gender-affirming care is a lifesaving mental health intervention

Gender-affirming care is a lifesaving mental health intervention

Author: Charts & Leisure July 3, 2024 Duration: 29:30

Episode 2 of Unravelling features Mary's powerful interview with Dallas Ducar, an entrepreneur, advocate, and healthcare leader who speaks with us both about her own lived experience as well as her research and advocacy within the healthcare field. Ducar is a board-certified registered nurse and psychiatric health nurse practitioner and is on faculty at Northeastern University, University of Virginia School of Medicine, University of Virginia School of Nursing, Columbia University, and the MGH Institute for Health Professions. As a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, she contributes critically to health policy related to equity, ethics, and affirming care.

Resources for Gender-Affirming Care

 

Patient Support

 

  1. GLAAD
  2. GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD)
    • Offers legal support and resources for LGBTQ+ individuals, including information on healthcare rights and advocacy.
  3. Trans Lifeline
    • A peer support and crisis hotline for transgender people offering emotional and financial support.
  4. World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)
    • Provides Standards of Care guidelines for health professionals to ensure patients receive high-quality care.

Clinician Education

 

  1. UCSF Center of Excellence for Transgender Health
  2. Fenway Institute
  3. GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality
    • Offers resources and webinars for clinicians on LGBTQ-inclusive practices and health care.
  4. UCSF Transgender Care
    • Comprehensive guide and online courses on transgender health care, focusing on medical and surgical care.

Note

  • Advocates for Trans Equality (A4TE) will be a key resource in the future as it will emerge from the merger of TLDEF and NCTE.

There’s a thread that connects our inner lives to the culture we live in, and Unravelling pulls on it to see what emerges. This isn’t a lecture series, but a conversation guided by therapist Kurt White and journalist Mary Wilson, who bring their distinct perspectives to every discussion. They explore how mental health is woven into everything from our daily fitness routines and societal pressures to the art we consume and the relationships we keep. In each episode, you’ll hear from experts who study the mind alongside individuals sharing their personal, lived experiences, creating a dialogue that feels both intellectually rigorous and deeply human. The aim is to move beyond simple definitions, examining how anxiety, resilience, joy, and struggle shape our collective reality. Produced by Charts & Leisure, this podcast provides a space for nuance, challenging the idea that our psychological worlds exist in a vacuum. It’s for anyone who has ever felt the tension between their private thoughts and the public world, offering not easy answers but a more textured understanding. By listening, you become part of a broader exploration into how compassion, for ourselves and our society, can actually be built from a place of genuine curiosity.
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