Transgender and Gender Variant Populations With Mental Illness: Implications for Clinical Care

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 208-213

  Mizock, Lauren ^a   Fleming, Michael Z ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Department of Mental Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural competence; Gender variance; Mental illness; Psychosis; Transgender

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955618794     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022522     Document Type: Article

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