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Mental health practitioners' attitudes towards transgender people: A systematic review of the literature
- Source :
- International Journal of Transgenderism. 19:4-24
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2017.
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Abstract
- Background: A systematic review was conducted to critically evaluate and synthesize literature investigating mental health practitioners' attitudes towards transgender people.Objective: Three primary objectives were outlined; first, establish whether overall attitudes are positive or negative. Second, explore whether training, education or experience influences attitudes and finally, examine participant demographics in relation to attitude trends.Method: A systematic electronic search was carried out in March 2017 using Medline, PsycINFO, PsycArticles, CINAHL, ASSIA, and Web of Science electronic databases. Manual citation and ancestral searches were conducted on identified papers. Qualitative, quantitative and mixed method studies were eligible for inclusion. A total of 13 papers of mixed quality were identified.Results: Existing literature is limited to cross-sectional, quantitative data and fails to investigate differences between implicit and explicit attitudes. Small to moderate convenience s...
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
030505 public health
business.industry
05 social sciences
Applied psychology
MEDLINE
Alternative medicine
050109 social psychology
CINAHL
PsycINFO
Mental health
Gender Studies
03 medical and health sciences
Transgender
Medicine
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
0305 other medical science
business
Citation
Inclusion (education)
Clinical psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14344599 and 15532739
- Volume :
- 19
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Transgenderism
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........b01ae3b94b1ca88486603e39ea1b738f