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Books
Written by Dr. Colt, Stacey's Not A Girl is a children's book that takes readers on a gender journey with Stacey who does not feel like a girl, but is not so sure they are a boy either. This book introduces us to ideas of gender beyond the binary. Published in 2016, this book is the first of its kind featuring all transgender contributors: author, illustrator, and designer. Elements from each contributor as well as our close friends and family are woven into Stacey's story, this is one you don't want to miss!
Book Chapters
Stay tuned for the second edition of the Gender Affirmative Model edited by Dr. Colt and published by the American Psychological Association. Coming soon!
This warm and timely book provides mental health professionals with a guide to the gender affirmative model, the leading approach for working with transgender and gender expansive children and their families. Using an easy-to-follow framework, readers will learn how to enable children to live as their authentic gender with the necessary social supports. The authors describe how to ease distress and build resilience within children and families, while also strengthening therapists' awareness of the complex interplay of cultural factors with gender. They also address the multifaceted psychological, social and community challenges faced by transgender and gender expansive children, as well as the potential mental health struggles that can arise as a result of bullying and more subtle forms of societal discrimination.
Keo-Meier, C. & Ehrensaft, D. (Eds.) (2018). The gender affirmative model: An interdisciplinary approach to supporting transgender and gender expansive children. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
This book addresses challenges that TNB individuals and communities face, including ongoing legal assaults on their rights and identities, while resolutely promoting joy and thriving through affirmative practice. Chapters translate scientific knowledge into practical guidelines for therapists in multiple areas, including interdisciplinary collaborative care with other helping professionals, such as physicians and social services, as well as social and legal advocacy. They also offer guidelines for working with TNB clients across different racial and ethnic identities; religious and spiritual beliefs; and developmental stages, from gender-questioning youth to older adults.
Ducheny, K., Hendricks, M. L., Rider, G. N., & St. Amand, C. M. (in press). Affirmative interdisciplinary collaborative care with trans and nonbinary clients. In A. Singh & R. McCullough (Eds.), Affirmative counseling and psychological practice with trans and nonbinary clients (2nd ed.,pp. ##–##). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000471-005
The purpose of this book is to be a reference for clinicians and researchers in the field of transgender medicine, to provide up-to-date data and resources to properly counsel transgender and nonbinary patients about the reproductive consequences of gender-affirming interventions and their options for family-building, and to educate providers about appropriate and culturally competent reproductive health care. Effects of masculinizing and feminizing hormone therapy, as well as the fertility preservation options available, are discussed in detail for both adults and youth. In addition to these medical considerations, both psychosocial, legal and ethical considerations are highlighted for a more well-rounded presentation. A final chapter describes how to create a welcome and accepting clinical environment.
hastings, J., Geilhufe, B., Jaffe, J. M., Rapues, J., & St. Amand, C. (2023). Creating inclusive, gender affirming clinical environments. In Reproduction in Transgender and Nonbinary Individuals: A Clinical Guide (pp. 177-207). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
This book presents evidence-based approaches to PPA across a broad range of medical conditions. Chapters outline a flexible model and practical tips for conducting PPA. They also offer selection and administration guidelines for psychological testing and clinical interviews, and information about relevant ethical and legal issues. Chapters review specific surgical areas in which PPAs are routinely conducted, including metabolic and bariatric, gynecologic, spinal procedures, gender embodiment, breast cancer treatment and prevention, solid organ transplant, deep brain stimulation, and treatment for temporal lobe epilepsy.
Jimenez, Z.A. & St. Amand, C. (2023). Gender embodiment surgery. In Block, A. & Sarwer, D. (Eds.). Psychological assessment of surgical candidates: Evidence-based procedures and practices. Washington DC: American Psychological Association.
Trans Bodies, Trans Selves is a revolutionary resource--a comprehensive, reader-friendly guide for transgender people, with each chapter written by transgender and gender expansive authors. Inspired by Our Bodies, Ourselves, the classic and powerful compendium written by and for cisgender women, Trans Bodies, Trans Selves is widely accessible to the transgender population, providing authoritative information in an inclusive and respectful way and representing the collective knowledge base of dozens of influential experts.
Rider, G.N. & St. Amand, C. (2022). Youth. In Erickson-Schroth, L. (Eds). Trans Bodies Trans Selves, Second Edition. Cary, North Carolina: Oxford University Press.
This unique handbook provides pediatric and adult endocrinologists and multidisciplinary clinical care providers a guide to transition from pediatric to adult care and an understanding of developmental and psychosocial issues of young adulthood and how they relate to healthcare and disease self-management. The handbook is divided into two parts. Part one describes transition interventions and novel strategies that can be integrated into routine care and gives practical considerations for transition processes from both the pediatric and adult perspectives, with applications across multiple endocrine conditions. Part two focuses on transition issues specific to common endocrine conditions – type 1 and type 2 diabetes, Turner syndrome, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, endocrine sequelae of childhood cancer, and transgender care – with condition-specific developmental and psychosocial issues, treatment and screening recommendations, healthcare process considerations, transition care guidelines, and key resources for more information.
Ehrensaft, D., Keo-Meier, C., & Yuen, J. (2019). Transition considerations for transgender patients. In Lyons, S. & Hillard, M. (Eds.). Transitioning from Pediatric to Adult Care in Endocrinology (pp. 195-219). Springer, Cham.
This book examines the health outcomes and risk factors that gender and sexual minority groups face while simultaneously providing evidence-based clinical recommendations and resources for meeting their health needs. Drawing from leading scholars and practitioners of LGBT health, this holistic, centralized text synthesizes epidemiologic, medical, psychological, sociological, and public health research related to the origins of, current state of, and ways to improve LGBT health. The award-winning editors have assembled LGBT health experts who have conducted extensive research into diverse areas of LGBT health. Sections guide the reader through the entire spectrum of LGBT health, from the historical roots of LGBT health research all the way to modern, emerging lines of inquiry to improve health among diverse gender and sexual minority groups. This encompassing volume serves as a go-to reference, a call to action, and a guide for anyone involved in researching and improving the health of LGBT populations.
dickey, l. & Keo-Meier, C. (2018). Gender minority health: Affirmative care for the community. In Smalley, K.B., Warren, J.C., & Barefoot, K.N. (Eds.), LGBT health: Meeting the health needs of gender and sexual minorities (pp 247-268). New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company
Adult Transgender Care provides an overview of transgender health and offers a comprehensive approach to training mental health professionals in transgender care. The book takes an interdisciplinary approach to transgender care, emphasizing the complementary contributions of psychiatry, psychology, and social work in providing transgender care within an integrated treatment team. Included in this text are overviews of how to conceptualize and provide treatment with complex and difficult clinical presentations and considerations for understanding how to address system-level challenges to treatment. Adult Transgender Care meets a unique need by providing detailed information, clinical interventions, case studies, and resources for mental health professionals on transgender care.
Keo-Meier, C., Ducheny, K., & Hendricks, M. (2018). Identity and support letters. In Kauth, M. & Shipherd, J. (Eds). Adult transgender care: An interdisciplinary approach for mental health professionals (pp 175-184). New York, NY: Routledge Books.
Less than 30% of psychologists report familiarity with transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) clients' needs. The clients, in turn, report a lack of support in their gender journeys. There is clearly a large gap in knowledge, skill, and competence in this area of practice. This clinical guide aims to fill that gap by providing mental health practitioners with an affirmative approach that emphasizes a collaborative partnership guided by client-driven goals. An expert panel of contributors teaches readers strategies for working with a diverse array of TGNC clients, including adolescents, older adults, parents, and people of color. Client factors, including sexual orientation, religious and spiritual beliefs, and traumatic experiences, are also given special attention.
Ducheny, K., Hendricks, M., & Keo-Meier, C. (2016). Transgender and gender non-conforming affirmative interdisciplinary collaborative care consultation. In Singh, A. & dickey, l. (Eds.) Affirmative Counseling and Psychological Practice with Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Clients. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
There is no one way to be transgender. Transgender and gender non-conforming people have many different ways of understanding their gender identities. Only recently have sex and gender been thought of as separate concepts, and we have learned that sex (traditionally thought of as physical or biological) is as variable as gender (traditionally thought of as social). While trans people share many common experiences, there is immense diversity within trans communities. There are an estimated 700,000 transgendered individuals in the US and 15 million worldwide. Even still, there's been a notable lack of organized information for this sizable group. Trans Bodies, Trans Selves is a revolutionary resource-a comprehensive, reader-friendly guide for transgender people, with each chapter written by transgender or genderqueer authors.--publisher.
Keo-Meier, C., & Hicks, L. (2014). Youth. In Erickson-Schroth, L. (Eds). Trans Bodies Trans Selves. Cary, North Carolina: Oxford University Press.
The International Handbook on the Demography of Sexuality is the first book to specifically address the study of sexuality from a demographic perspective. Demographic research has largely paid little attention to sexuality as a whole, or sexual orientation in particular, other than in studies examining the “consequences” of sex – sexually transmitted infections or fertility. Instead, the content of this handbook explores population sexuality in order to describe the prevalence of sexual behaviors, desires, and identities, as well as their connections with other demographic outcomes. The focus is on analyzing sexuality as a demographic topic in its own right, rather than solely as a variable in studies of sexually transmitted infection or other health-related topics. In this book, both researchers with traditional demographic backgrounds, as well as those with training in other disciplines, provide an overview of the state of current research on population sexuality. These chapters provide a foundation for the development of research in the burgeoning field of the demography of sexuality.
Meier, S. & Labuski, C. (2013). The demographics of the transgender population. In Baumle, A. (Eds.) The International Handbook on the Demography of Sexuality. (pp. 289-327). New York, NY: Springer Press.
Articles
Clark, D.B.A., Metzger, D.L., Pang, K.C., St. Amand, C., & Khatchadourian, K. (accepted for publication). Novel approaches to gender health care for transgender and nonbinary youth. Nature Reviews Endocrinology
Strand, N., Gomez, D., Kacel, E., Morrison, E., St. Amand, C., Vencill, J., Pagan-Rosado, R., Lorenzo, A., Gonzalez, C., Mariano E.,, Reece-Nguyen, T., Narouze, S., Mahdi, L. Chadwick, A., Kraus, M., Bechtle, A., & Kling, J. (2024).. Care for transgender and gender diverse patients: A Primer and call to action for anesthesiologists and pain medicine specialists. Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 99(7), 1114-1126. DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2023.12.027
Arrington-Sanders, R. Connell, N., Coon, D., Dowshen, N, Goldman, A, Goldstein, Z., Grimstad F., Javier, N., Kim, E., Murphy, M., Poteat, T., Radix, A., Schwartz, A; St. Amand, C., Streed, C., Tangpricha, V., Toribio, M., & Goldstein, R. (2023). Assessing and addressing the risk of venous thromboembolism across the spectrum of gender-affirming care: A review. Endocrine Practice, 29(4), 272-278. DOI: 10.1016/j.eprac.2022.12.008
Anderson, E., Eleazer, J. R., Kristensen, Z., St. Amand, C., Baker, A. M., Correro, A. N., ... & Trittschuh, E. H. (2022). Affirmative neuropsychological practice with transgender and gender diverse individuals and communities. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 1-19.
Blasdel, G., Everhart, A., St. Amand, C., Gaddis, M., & Grimstad, F. (2023). How Do Prescribing Clinicians Obtain Consent to Initiate Gender-Affirming Hormones?. Transgender Health, 8(6), 526-533.
Owens, T. K., Mizock, L., Ormerod, A. J., Nelson, A., St. Amand, C., Paces-Wiles, D., & Judd, T. D. (2023). “Invisible in the Most Tragic of Ways”: Exploring Internalized Transphobia and Coping Through Photovoice. Health promotion practice, 24(4), 682-693.
Veale, J., Deutsch, M., Devor, A., Kuper, L., Motmans, J., & St. Amand, C. (2022). Setting a research agenda in trans health: An expert assessment of priorities and issues by trans and nonbinary researchers. International Journal of Transgender Health, 23(4), 392-408. DOI: 10.1080/26895269.2022.2044425
hastings, j., Bobb, C., Wolfe, M., Amaro, Z., & St. Amand, C. (2021). Medical care for nonbinary youth: Individualized gender care beyond a binary framework. Pediatric Annals, 50(9) e384-e390.
Ashely, F., St. Amand, C., & Rider, G.N. (2021). The continuum of informed consent models in transgender health. Family Practice, 38(4). DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmab047. PMID: 34133715.
Kuper, L.K., Rider, G.N., & St. Amand, C. (2021). Recognizing the importance of chest surgery in transmasculine youth. Pediatrics, 147(3) e2020029710; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2020-029710.
Leibowitz, S., Green, J., Massey, R., Boleware, A. M., Ehrensaft, D., Francis, W., Keo-Meier, C. ... & WPATH, USPATH, and EPATH Executive Committee and Board of Directors. (2020). Statement in response to calls for banning evidence-based supportive health interventions for transgender and gender diverse youth. International Journal of Transgender Health, 21(1), 111-112.
Rider, G.N., Berg, D., Pardo, S. T., Olson-Kennedy, J., Sharp, C., Tran, K. M., ... & Keo-Meier, C. L. (2019). Using the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) with transgender/gender nonconforming children and adolescents. Clinical Practice in Pediatric Psychology, 7(3), 291.
Levant, R., Alto, K., McKelvey, D., Pardo, S., Jadaszewski, S., Richmond, K., Keo-Meier, C., & Gerdes, Z. (2019). Development, variance composition, measurement invariance across five gender groups, and validity of the Health Behavior Inventory-Short Form. Psychology of Men & Masculinities.
Levant, R., Jadaszewski, S., Alto, K., Richmond, K., Pardo, S., Keo-Meier, C., & Gerdes, Z. (2019) Moderation and mediation of the relationships between masculinity ideology and health status. Health Psychology, 38, 162-171.
Ehrensaft, D., Giammattei, S., Storck, K., Tishelman, A., & Keo-Meier, C. (2018). Prepubertal social transitions: What we know, what we can learn- A view from a gender affirmative lens. International Journal of Transgenderism, 19(2), 251-268. DOI: 10.1080/15532739.2017.1414649
Katz-Wise, S., Williams, D., Keo-Meier, C., Budge, S., Pardo, S., & Sharp, C. (2017). Longitudinal associations of sexual fluidity and health in transgender men and cisgender women and men. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, 4, 460-471. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/sgd0000246
Keo-Meier, C. & Fitzgerald, K. (2016). Affirmative psychological testing and neurocognitive assessment with transgender adults. Psychiatric Clinics, 40, 51-64.
Anhalt, K., Sprott, R., Magalhaes, C., Keo-Meier, C., Rosenbaum, L., & Varjas, K. (2016). The resolution on gender and sexual orientation diversity in children and adolescents in schools: An illustration of psychology’s commitment to all students. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 3, 448-452.
Lindsay, J.A., Keo-Meier, C., Hudson, S., Walder, A., Martin, L.A., Kauth, M.R. (2016). Mental health of transgender veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts who experienced military sexual trauma. Journal of Traumatic Stress. doi: 10.1002/jts.22146
Katz-Wise, S., Reisner, S., White, J., & Keo-Meier, C. (2016). Differences in sexual orientation diversity and sexual fluidity in attractions among gender minority adults in Massachusetts. The Journal of Sex Research, 53, 74-84. DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2014.1003028.
Shipherd, J.C., Kauth, M.R., Firek, A.F., Garcia, R., Mejia, S., Laski, S.J., Walden, B., Perez-Padilla, S.,Lindsay, J.A., Brown, G., Roybal, L., Keo-Meier, C., Knapp, H., Johnson, L., Reese, R.L., & Byne, W. (2016). Interdisciplinary transgender veteran care: Training for Veterans Healthcare Administration providers. Transgender Health, 1, 54-62.
Reisner, S.L., Pardo, S.T., Gamarel, K.E., White, J.M., Pardee, D., & Keo-Meier, C. (2015). Experiences of stigma in healthcare among U.S. trans masculine adults: A gender minority stress model of substance use to cope with mistreatment. LGBT Health. doi:10.1089/lgbt.2015.0001.
Keo-Meier, C., Herman, L., Reisner, S.L., Pardo, S., Sharp, C., & Babcock, J. (2015). Testosterone treatment and MMPI-2 improvement in transgender men: A prospective controlled study. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 83, 143-156. doi: 10.1037/a0037599.
Labuski, C. & Keo-Meier, C. (2015). The (mis)measure of trans. Transgender Studies Quarterly, 2, 13-33, doi:10.1215/23289252-2848868.
Davis, S., & Meier, S.C. (2014). Effects of testosterone treatment and chest reconstruction surgery on mental health in female-to-male transgender people. International Journal of Sexual Health, 26, DOI: 10.1080/19317611.2013.833152.
Kauth, M., Meier, C., & Latini, D. (2014). A review of sexual health among lesbian, gay, and bisexual veterans. Current Sexual Health Reports. doi10.1007/s11930-014-0018-6
Case, K., & Meier, S.C. (2014). Developing allies to transgender and gender non-conforming youth: Training for counselors and educators. Journal of LGBT Youth, 11, 62-82.
American Psychological Association. (2013). Fact Sheet: Gender diversity and transgender identity in adolescents. Washington: DC: Project Lead. http://www.apadivisions.org/division-44/resources/advocacy/transgender-adolescents.pdf
American Psychological Association. (2013). Fact Sheet: Gender diversity and transgender identity in children. Washington: DC: Project Lead. http://www.apadivisions.org/division-44/resources/advocacy/transgender-children.pdf
Meier, S., Sharp, C., Michonski, J., Babcock, J., & Fitzgerald, K. (2013). Romantic relationships of female-to-male trans men: A descriptive study. International Journal of Transgenderism, 14, 75-85.
Meier, S.C., Pardo, S., Labuski, C. & Babcock, J. (2013). Measures of clinical health among female-to-male transgender persons as a function of sexual orientation. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 42, 463-474. 10.1007/s10508-012-0052-2.
St. Amand, C., Fitzgerald, K., Pardo, S., & Babcock, J. (2011). The effects of hormonal gender affirmation treatment on mental health in female-to-male transsexuals. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health, 15(3), 281-299.
Erich, S., Tittsworth, J., St. Amand, C., & Lerman, T. (2010). Transsexuals of color: Perceptions of discrimination based on transsexual status and race/ethnicity status. Journal of GLBT Family Studies, 6(3), 294-314.
Lakshmanan, M., Meier, S., Meier, R., Lakshmanan, L. (2010). Archetype of the collaborative efforts of psychotherapy and psychopharmacology in successfully treating Dissociative Identity Disorder with comorbid Bipolar Disorder. Psychiatry (Edgemont), 7(7), 33-37.
Lijffijt, M., Moeller, F.G., Boutros, N.N., Steinberg, J.L., Meier, S.L., Lane, S.D., Swann, A.C. (2009). Diminished P50, N100, and P200 auditory sensory gating in bipolar I disorder. Psychiatry Research, 167, 191-201.
Lijffijt, M., Lane, S.D., Meier, S.L., Boutros, N.N., Burroughs, S., Steinberg, J.L., Moeller F.G., & Swann, A.C. (2009) P50, N100, and P200 sensory gating: Relationships with behavioral inhibition, attention, and working memory. Psychophysiology, 46(5), 1059-1068.
Guidelines
Coleman, E., Radix, A. E., Bouman, W. P., Brown, G. R., De Vries, A. L., Deutsch, M. B., ... St. Amand, C., …, & Arcelus, J. (2022). Standards of care for the health of transgender and gender diverse people, version 8. International journal of transgender health, 23(sup1), S1-S259.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Ending Conversion Therapy: Supporting and Affirming LGBTQ Youth. HHS Publication No. (SMA) 15-4928. Rockville, MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2015.
National Association of School Psychologists. (2014). Safe schools for transgender & gender diverse students. Bethesda: MD: Author.
American Psychological Association. (2014). Resolution on gender and sexual orientation diversity in children and adolescents in schools. In Council Policy Manual: Chapter XII. Public Interest. Author. http://www.apa.org/about/policy/orientation-diversity.aspx
The Gender ASSET
Keo-Meier, C. & Keo-Meier, B. (2016). Gender Affirmative Supportive Surgery Evaluation Tool (ASSET): A practical and collaborative approach. [Assessment Instrument]. Publisher: Author.