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June 25, 2024
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Q&A: NECO, PRIDE ODs bring together ‘queer people and allies’ for LGBTQIA+ education

June is Pride Month, and this year marks the 55th anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall uprising in New York — a pivotal event in our nation’s LGBTQIA+ history.

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November 01, 2023
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Experts offer advice on asking young patients about sexuality and gender identity

Most young people said primary care physicians should ask patients their age about sexual orientation and gender identity, according to research presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference & Exhibition.

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June 20, 2023
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Sexual trauma, depressive symptoms linked in men, nonbinary people

SAN FRANCISCO — Among men and nonbinary people, nonconsensual sexual experiences were associated with greater depressive symptoms, according to a poster presented at the American Psychiatric Association annual meeting.

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February 13, 2023
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CDC: Teen girls experiencing record level of sadness, hopelessness

The proportion of teen girls in the United States who reported feeling persistently sad or hopeless increased nearly 60% from 2011 to 2021 to nearly three in five girls, according to data released Monday by the CDC.

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June 24, 2021
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Pride Month updates: Parental views of child’s sexuality, concentration problems and more

The month of June marks LGBT Pride Month, and in conjunction with this observance, Healio Psychiatry has compiled a list of articles covering recent developments in LGBT mental health research.

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September 11, 2020
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Transgender individuals with mental illness benefit from modernized psychiatric care

Psychiatrists play an important role in the care of transgender individuals with mental illness and substance use disorders, according to a presenter at the Psych Congress 2020 Virtual Experience conference.