E73: Understanding Transgender Healthcare and Mental Health

In this episode, we welcome Dr. Shannon Peters(She/Her, [email protected]), a lecturer at the Department of Health Sciences at BU Sargent College. She introduced transgender mental health and healthcare, and how we could support transgender individuals. Shannon’s Scholarly, Research and/or Practice Interests include: * Impacts of systemic oppression, discrimination, and trauma on the mental health of marginalized individuals (e.g., race, LGBTQAI+, immigration status, etc.)  * Transgender healthcare and mental health  * Gender-based violence response and prevention  * Institutional corruption and financial conflicts of interest in psychiatry and psychology  * Medical neoliberalism and depathologizing normative distress in global mental health  The moderator of the podcast is Dr. Karen Jacobs ([email protected]), who is the Associate Dean, Digital Learning and Innovation, a Clinical Professor and the Program Director for the online post-professional doctorate in the occupational therapy program at Sargent College. Marial Williams ([email protected]), a Boston University entry-level occupational therapy doctoral student, composed the music for the podcast.