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Department of Educational Psychology, Northern Arizona University, 801 South Knoles Drive, Building 27A, Room 110, PO Box 5774, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5774, USA.
Department of Counseling & Human Development Services, The University of Georgia, 402 Aderhold Hall, Athens, GA 30602-7142, USA.
Psychiatr Clin North Am. 2017 Mar;40(1):1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.psc.2016.10.009. Epub 2016 Dec 12.
This article explores the role of mental health providers and advocacy for transgender people. It begins with a history of the mental health provider's relationship with transgender and gender-diverse people. The article explores the ways that major mental health professional organizations have called for providers to serve in advocacy roles. The article ends with recommendations about how to serve in an advocacy role.
本文探讨了心理健康服务提供者的角色以及对跨性别者的支持倡导。文章开篇介绍了心理健康服务提供者与跨性别者及性别多样化人群关系的历史。接着探讨了主要心理健康专业组织呼吁服务提供者发挥支持倡导作用的方式。文章结尾给出了关于如何发挥支持倡导作用的建议。