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Gay and Gray Vii: a Multidisciplinary Approach to Transgender Aging
2017 AAGP Annual Meeting Ali Asghar Ali Nothing to disclose
GAY AND GRAY VII: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO TRANSGENDER AGING Session 310 Brandon Yarns1; Janet Abrams2; Kevin Johnson3; Daniel D. Sewell4 1
UCLA, West Hollywood, CA Sheppard Pratt Health Systems, Towson, MD 3 Yale University, New Haven, CT 4 University of California, San Diego, CA 2
Abstract: This presentation will start by defining key terms and discuss the evolution of the APA’s policy statements and DSM diagnoses related to transgender individuals throughout the years. This will be followed by a brief research update that will include the latest available data on demographics, medical and mental health disparities, and impacts of hormone therapy and gender-conformation surgery. An interview of an older transgender person will take place followed by a discussion of practical considerations for working with aging transgender individuals. This will include a list of resources for aging transgender communities and a discussion on how to draft referrals for gender confirmation surgery. The session will conclude with an opportunity for the audience to ask questions and/or share their experiences. Faculty Disclosures: Brandon Yarns Nothing to disclose Janet Abrams Nothing to disclose Kevin Johnson Other: Trans Bodies Trans Selves—Board member of 501c3 non-profit organization Daniel D. Sewell Consultant: ActivCare Inc. - Compensated Member of the Medical Advisory Board Research Support: HRSA GWEP Grant—I am associated with two HRSA GWEP Grants: one as a co-PI and one as an educator Other: American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry—President
LATE-LIFE DEPRESSION AND FRAILTY: IS THERE A COMMON VULNERABILITY, AND HOW DOES THE PRESENCE OF FRAILTY CONTRIBUTE TO CLINICAL OUTCOMES OF GERIATRIC DEPRESSION? Session 312 Briana Mezuk1; Patrick Brown2; Guy Potter3; David Steffens4 1
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA Columbia University, New York, NY 3 Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 4 UConn Health, Farmington, CT 2
Abstract: The occurrence of major depressive disorder in later-life (LLD) is associated with a number of adverse health outcomes that increase risks of disability, cognitive impairment, and mortality. Effective treatment of LLD has the significant public health benefit of reducing these adverse outcomes, but the effectiveness of treatment has been limited by failure to deconstruct the heterogeneity of LLD and its relationship to the pathophysiology of aging. One syndrome of aging that has been underrepresented in LLD research is frailty, which we define as a physical state of increased vulnerability and lack of
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GAY AND GRAY VII: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO TRANSGENDER AGING Session 310 Brandon Yarns1; Janet Abrams2; Kevin Johnson3; Daniel D. Sewell4 1
UCLA, West Hollywood, CA Sheppard Pratt Health Systems, Towson, MD 3 Yale University, New Haven, CT 4 University of California, San Diego, CA 2
Abstract: This presentation will start by defining key terms and discuss the evolution of the APA’s policy statements and DSM diagnoses related to transgender individuals throughout the years. This will be followed by a brief research update that will include the latest available data on demographics, medical and mental health disparities, and impacts of hormone therapy and gender-conformation surgery. An interview of an older transgender person will take place followed by a discussion of practical considerations for working with aging transgender individuals. This will include a list of resources for aging transgender communities and a discussion on how to draft referrals for gender confirmation surgery. The session will conclude with an opportunity for the audience to ask questions and/or share their experiences. Faculty Disclosures: Brandon Yarns Nothing to disclose Janet Abrams Nothing to disclose Kevin Johnson Other: Trans Bodies Trans Selves—Board member of 501c3 non-profit organization Daniel D. Sewell Consultant: ActivCare Inc. - Compensated Member of the Medical Advisory Board Research Support: HRSA GWEP Grant—I am associated with two HRSA GWEP Grants: one as a co-PI and one as an educator Other: American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry—President
LATE-LIFE DEPRESSION AND FRAILTY: IS THERE A COMMON VULNERABILITY, AND HOW DOES THE PRESENCE OF FRAILTY CONTRIBUTE TO CLINICAL OUTCOMES OF GERIATRIC DEPRESSION? Session 312 Briana Mezuk1; Patrick Brown2; Guy Potter3; David Steffens4 1
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA Columbia University, New York, NY 3 Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 4 UConn Health, Farmington, CT 2
Abstract: The occurrence of major depressive disorder in later-life (LLD) is associated with a number of adverse health outcomes that increase risks of disability, cognitive impairment, and mortality. Effective treatment of LLD has the significant public health benefit of reducing these adverse outcomes, but the effectiveness of treatment has been limited by failure to deconstruct the heterogeneity of LLD and its relationship to the pathophysiology of aging. One syndrome of aging that has been underrepresented in LLD research is frailty, which we define as a physical state of increased vulnerability and lack of
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 25:3S, Supplement 1
S23