Book contents
- Introduction to Psychiatry
- Introduction to Psychiatry
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Clinical Neuroscience
- 3 Introduction to the Patient Interview
- 4 Mood Disorders
- 5 Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
- 6 Anxiety Disorders
- 7 Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
- 8 Disorders Related to Stress and Trauma
- 9 Substance Use Disorders
- 10 Personality Disorders
- 11 Neurocognitive Disorders
- 12 Feeding and Eating Disorders
- 13 Child Psychiatry and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- 14 Sleep Disorders
- 15 Psychopharmacology and Neurotherapeutics
- 16 Psychosocial Interventions
- 17 Psychiatric Evaluation in the Medical Setting
- 18 Psychiatry of Gender and Sexuality
- 19 Health Policy and Population Health in Behavioral Health Care in the United States
- 20 Global Health and Mental Health Care Delivery in Low-Resource Settings
- Index
- References
18 - Psychiatry of Gender and Sexuality
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 July 2021
Book contents
- Introduction to Psychiatry
- Introduction to Psychiatry
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Clinical Neuroscience
- 3 Introduction to the Patient Interview
- 4 Mood Disorders
- 5 Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders
- 6 Anxiety Disorders
- 7 Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders
- 8 Disorders Related to Stress and Trauma
- 9 Substance Use Disorders
- 10 Personality Disorders
- 11 Neurocognitive Disorders
- 12 Feeding and Eating Disorders
- 13 Child Psychiatry and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- 14 Sleep Disorders
- 15 Psychopharmacology and Neurotherapeutics
- 16 Psychosocial Interventions
- 17 Psychiatric Evaluation in the Medical Setting
- 18 Psychiatry of Gender and Sexuality
- 19 Health Policy and Population Health in Behavioral Health Care in the United States
- 20 Global Health and Mental Health Care Delivery in Low-Resource Settings
- Index
- References
Summary
The current chapter focuses on the complex, socially informed, and constantly evolving concepts of gender identity and sexual orientation. Although these topics are often taboo, they will arise in almost every interaction with patients in the medical setting. Gender identity and sexual orientation are present in everyone’s life and have implications for relationships, biology, and health. As such, this chapter will attempt to explain key concepts and terms in order to increase your ease discussing these issues with patients and colleagues. Although most people are raised to conceptualize gender identity and sexual orientation as inherent, biologically fixed aspects of our lives, the chapter will discuss these concepts as both biologically informed and socially constructed processes of human life. They will be explored in the context of their social, medical, and psychiatric implications in order to increase your comfort providing evidence-informed, affirming care for diverse and multifaceted patients.
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- Introduction to PsychiatryPreclinical Foundations and Clinical Essentials, pp. 448 - 472Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
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