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The Transgender Function
其他書名
Gender Variance in Relationship to Mental Health
出版Pacifica Graduate Institute, 2012
ISBN12672465029781267246509
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=2YgTMwEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋The author explored the nature of the relationship between gender variance and mental health within the context of the individual and of culture. Through an action research approach, information was gathered about the treatment of gender variance therapeutically and politically in addition to the lived experience of gender variant individuals and their families. Gender variant persons suffer from higher levels of mental health problems than the population at large and simultaneously have greater difficulty accessing appropriate mental health services. Gender is both biologically and culturally derived. In working with these individuals therapeutically, the relationship between the client and his or her culture becomes one of the most important relationships in relation to the client's identity. Clinicians and society at large may benefit from the unique and valuable perspective gender variant persons have to offer if these at-risk individuals are given the support they need to lead functional and productive lives.