Mental Health Support for Transgender and Gender-expansive Individuals

Launched by COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY · Jan 19, 2024

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ClinConnect Summary

Transgender and gender diverse (e.g., gender non-binary) (TGD) individuals remain a hidden group in the Central Eastern European (CEE) country of Romania, with few protections, few equal rights, and many unmet needs. Emerging research with TGD persons in the region indicates that TGD Romanians report particularly high rates of HIV, depression, and hazardous alcohol use, primarily driven by the country's high structural stigma. Romania's healthcare system has little expertise for addressing these syndemic health threats. No targeted needs assessments or interventions exist to date in order t...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • 1. report an identity as transgender or gender expansive (e.g., gender non-binary) and a gender that is different from their assigned sex at birth;
• • 2. be ≥18 years old;
• • 3. report a score of ≥2.5 on either the two items measuring depression symptoms or the two items measuring anxiety symptoms using the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI-4); and
• • 4. reside in Romania for the duration of the study (approximately 6 months).
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • 1. active suicidality, mania, or psychosis and
• • 2. having received CBT in the prior 12 months.