Dr. Thomas Vance of the Columbia Gender Identity Program discusses mental health in the Black LGBTQ community, from issues to consider to finding a culturally sensitive provider.
“How do we make sure that there’s peer roles that actually can have enough power and weight to them that there’s the ability to be transformative?” asks Sascha Altman DuBrul.
“If there’s any kind of bias or misreading [of emotions] that influences our responses to [others] then our responses may be aberrant or not empathic or overly defensive,” Dr. Catherine Monk said.
“During the wintertime, people notice that they’re lethargic, they’re tired and they lose some interest in things,” said Dr. Ravi Shah. “And that can be mild and subtle, or it can be more severe.”
