Service Integration Mental Health and Beyond Gail Knudson

Service Integration – Mental Health and Beyond Gail Knudson MD, MEd, FRCPC Clinical Professor, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada President, World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) #IAS 2017 | @IAS_Conference

#IAS 2017 | @IAS_conference Conflict of Interest • No conflicts of interest to declare.

#IAS 2017 | @IAS_conference Overview • Introduction to WPATH • Gender dysphoria related diagnoses in DSM 5 and ICD 11 • WPATH’s Standards of Care (SOC) • WPATH’s Global Education Initiative (GEI)

#IAS 2017 | @IAS_conference WPATH • The World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) is the only global association devoted solely to the healthcare of transgender and gender nonconforming people. • Develop and publish Standards of Care for transgender health.

#IAS 2017 | @IAS_conference WPATH • • Currently 1800 members Tiered membership Student membership $35 USD www. wpath. org

#IAS 2017 | @IAS_conference 6 Gender Incongruence Gender Dysphoria No diagnostic code Moved out of Mental Disorders chapter into Conditions Related to Sexual Health

#IAS 2017 | @IAS_conference Standards of Care Version 7 (2012)

#IAS 2017 | @IAS_conference Standards of Care Version 8 (release date November 2018) Eli Coleman, Ph. D Jon Arcelus, MD, MSc, FRCPsych, Ph. D Asa Radix MD, MPH, FACP, AAHIVS

#IAS 2017 | @IAS_conference WPATH’s Global Education Initiative (GEI) • The Global Education Initiative (GEI) started as a goal of the BOD’s most recent strategic plan (2013 -2017). • The main purpose of GEI is to improve access to care for transgender and gender non-conforming people worldwide. • Course material is based on the Standards of Care.

#IAS 2017 | @IAS_conference WPATH’s Global Education Initiative (GEI) • Co-chairs – Drs Gail Knudson and Lin Fraser. • We have hosted 14 courses since November 2015. • On-line courses are being developed. • 2 phase development. – Competency development – Train-the-trainer

#IAS 2017 | @IAS_conference Gender Affirmation http: //www. thelancet. com/series/transgender-health

#IAS 2017 | @IAS_conference Competency Domains • • Caregiver-care receiver relationship Content Knowledge Interdisciplinary Practice Professional Responsibility

#IAS 2017 | @IAS_conference GEI Training Courses • • USA The Netherlands Japan Upcoming – The Dominican Republic – Brazil – Argentina

#IAS 2017 | @IAS_conference Global Education Initiative • We are interested in partnering with you in education and training! • If you are interested, please contact Donna Kelly, Executive Director of GEI at donna@wpath. org or me at gail. knudson@ubc. ca

#IAS 2017 | @IAS_conference 25 th Biennial WPATH Symposium Hilton, Buenos Aires, Nov 2 -6, 2018

Thank you Gail. knudson@ubc. ca #IAS 2017 | @IAS_Conference