TY - JOUR
T1 - Future Directions in the Mental Health of Transgender Youth
T2 - Towards a Social-Affective Developmental Model of Health Disparity
AU - Sequeira, Stefanie
AU - Carmel, Tamar
AU - Tervo-Clemmens, Brenden
AU - Edmiston, E. Kale
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Division 53, American Psychological Association. All Rights Reserved.
PY - 2023/11
Y1 - 2023/11
N2 - Mental health disparities in transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth are well-documented. These disparities are often studied in the context of minority stress theory, and most of this research focuses on experiences of trauma and discrimination TGD youth experience after coming out. However, TGD youth may be targets of violence and victimization due to perceived gender nonconformity before coming out. In this Future Directions, we integrate research on attachment, developmental trauma, and effects of racism and homophobia on mental health to propose a social-affective developmental framework for TGD youth. We provide a clinical vignette to highlight limitations in current approaches to mental health assessment in TGD youth and to illustrate how using a social-affective developmental framework can improve clinical assessment and treatment approaches and deepen our understanding of mental health disparities in TGD people.
AB - Mental health disparities in transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth are well-documented. These disparities are often studied in the context of minority stress theory, and most of this research focuses on experiences of trauma and discrimination TGD youth experience after coming out. However, TGD youth may be targets of violence and victimization due to perceived gender nonconformity before coming out. In this Future Directions, we integrate research on attachment, developmental trauma, and effects of racism and homophobia on mental health to propose a social-affective developmental framework for TGD youth. We provide a clinical vignette to highlight limitations in current approaches to mental health assessment in TGD youth and to illustrate how using a social-affective developmental framework can improve clinical assessment and treatment approaches and deepen our understanding of mental health disparities in TGD people.
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U2 - 10.1080/15374416.2023.2272972
DO - 10.1080/15374416.2023.2272972
M3 - Article
C2 - 37910433
AN - SCOPUS:85175805108
SN - 1537-4416
VL - 52
SP - 866
EP - 876
JO - Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
JF - Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology
IS - 6
ER -
