Re: Updated position statement on gender dysphoria

RANZCP 2024 CONGRESS: Book of Abstracts

“…Background: There is growing agreement among both patients and providers that the education provided to healthcare practitioners about trans, gender diverse and non-binary (TGDNB) health care is inadequate (Blakey and Treharne, 2019;Taylor et al, 2018; and that this is contributing to misconceptions held by, and misinformation perpetuated among, medical professionals This is inclusive of a belief that treatment is somewhat controversial or complicated (RANZCP, 2021), which in itself is serving to further alienate this community from accessing timely and appropriate care and perpetuating inequalities accordingly. There is widespread confusion among psychiatrists about what 'gender-affirming care' means and what it constitutes (Kristensen, 2019;RANZCP, 2021;Zwicki et al, 2022), with misconceptions around this being a major contributing factor to a polarised and harmful public discourse.…”

“…Historical awareness is an important part of the development of cultural humility, and so the intention is for this symposium to build on the previous session to help foster this. This symposium will draw on the presenters' combination of lived experience, clinical work, academic publications (Anderson et al, 2022;Kristensen, 2019Kristensen, , 2023Veale et al, 2023;Zwicki et al, 2022), and published evidence around clinical education initiatives in this area (Blakey and Treharne, 2019;Taylor et al, 2018;.…”