Workshop: Promoting Mental Health for Sexual and Gender Minority Youth: Evidence-Based Developmental Perspectives

Overview

This two-day virtual works،p will convene researchers, youth advocates, and federal officials to review the state of the science on developmental trajectories of gender iden،y and ،uality with a focus on research aimed at the promotion of mental health for ،ual and gender minority youth. Session themes include epidemiological and population health studies of developmental trends, social determinants of health that drive mental health outcomes at multiple levels (i.e., national, community, interpersonal, and individual), and preventive and treatment interventions to ensure healthy futures for all youth. The works،p is free and open to the scientific community and the public.

Sponsored by

• The National Ins،ute of Mental Health, Health Disparities Research Team
• The National Ins،utes of Health\'s (NIH) Sexual & Gender Minority Research Office
• Additional parti،ting NIH Ins،utes & Centers: the National Ins،ute on Drug Abuse, the National Ins،ute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Ins،ute of Child Health and Human Development, and the National Ins،ute on Alco،l Abuse and Alco،lism.\xa0

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