2002/01/01 by Sharon N. Obasi, Robyn E. King, Natalie R. Holt +4 · 1 citation
Engineering · Materials Science · Medicine · Psychology · Social Sciences · #African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues #Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles #Diatoms and Algae Research #Ion-surface interactions and analysis #LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy #Reproductive Health and Technologies
paper · doi:10.1080/10538720.2022.2056782
openalex publication_date 2002/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
Ensuring that mental health professionals are appropriately trained to provide affirming and sensitive care to transgender and gender diverse (TGD) adults is one mechanism that may reduce the marginalization sometimes experienced by TGD adults in mental health contexts. In this study, mental health professionals (n=142) completed an online survey documenting the sources and types of training received to provide TGD-sensitive care; and, shared a self-assessment of their comfort, competence, and ability to provide TGD-sensitive care. Findings revealed that the majority of the mental health professionals in the study (approximately 81%) received specific training to work with TGD clients from a variety of sources. These mental health professionals also self-reported high levels of comfort, competence, and ability to offer TGD-sensitive care which were statistically significantly associated with the number of hours of TGD-specific training they had received.