Amber D Hunt, DO, DO – Gender Dysphoria

Course Description

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From GID to GD: What is different?

Learning Objectives:

1. Review prevalence of Transgender and Gender Diverse (TGD) youth and comorbidities.
2. Review DSM-5 criteria for Gender Dysphoria.
3. Review relevant concepts and challenges and provide suggestions for pediatric providers that are focused on promoting the health and positive development of youth that identify as TGD while eliminating discrimination and stigma.

The Indiana Osteopathic Association is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians and designates this program for a maximum of 1.0 AOA Category 1-A credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician’s participation in this activity.

Dr. Hunt is an assistant professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at the Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, IN.   As a physician leader for the Changing Health Outcomes through Integrated Care Excellence (CHOICE) program, she collaborates with primary care physicians, psychologists, and social workers in providing integrated mental health care services to pediatric and adult patients in primary care clinics, primarily at Riley Hospital for Children in Indianapolis. Additionally, Dr. Hunt provides psychiatric consultative services to the Department of Child Services through the IU Psychotropic Consultation program. She also teaches third-year medical students and child and adolescent psychiatry fellows with IU who rotate through the CHOICE integrated care clinics. Dr. Hunt teaches didactics courses as well for the child and adolescent psychiatry fellows, specializing in the topic of gender-diverse and sexual minority youth. She is involved in the mentorship program for medical students at the Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine (MUCOM) in Indianapolis.

Dr. Hunt discloses that she has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.