Gender-Affirming Psychiatric Care

Integrating cutting-edge neuroscience, clinical research, best practices,
mental health systems design, and mental health policy, Gender-Affirming
Psychiatric Care is the first textbook in the field to provide an affirming,
intersectional, and evidence-informed approach to caring for transgender,
non-binary, and/or gender-expansive (TNG) people.

Contributors offer an
expert view from fields that include psychiatry, psychology, social work,
nursing, pharmacy, public health, law, business, community activism, and more.
And because each of the 26 chapters features at least one TNG author, wisdom
gleaned from lived experience bolsters the professional perspective provided
throughout the book.

After an introductory discussion of epidemiology, the
neuroscience of gender, and psychopharmacological considerations for prescribing
with TNG people, the book engages in an in-depth examination of
Intersectional, gender-affirming care for marginalized communities such as
Two-Spirit and Indigenous, Black, Asian American, Pacific Islander, disabled,
migrant, refugee, and unhoused people Developmentally appropriate care for TNG
people, from childhood and adolescence to older age Gender identity affirmation
in the context of eating disorders, substance use disorders, pregnancy, and
serious mental illness The specific care needs of populations who have
experienced the traumas of incarceration and gender identity conversion efforts
The necessity of systems-level change, including collecting gender identity
information in electronic health records, building gender-affirming clinical
environments, and mental health law and policy considerations

Gender
Affirming Psychiatric Care is a rigorous-and timely-resource. It is
indispensable for mental health and primary care clinicians looking to deliver
evidence-informed and affirming care for TNG patients, and it is informative for
neuroscientists and clinical researchers seeking to better understand
translational frameworks linking scientific research, gender-affirming clinical
practice, and mental health policy.