Neurological care for LGBT+ people

SG Volpe, J Ahmad, RA Patel… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Sexual and gender minority (LGBT+) people face unique health disparities that must be
considered by health-care providers to ensure equitable and inclusive care. Although …

We are family: Chosen and created families as a protective factor against racialized trauma and anti-LGBTQ oppression among African American sexual and gender …

J Hailey, W Burton, J Arscott - Journal of GLBT Family Studies, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) youth are at an
increased risk for social isolation and family rejection. This is particularly true in African …

Changing the culture of neurodisability through language and sensitivity of providers: Creating a safe place for LGBTQIA+ people

A Moreno, A Laoch, ND Zasler - NeuroRehabilitation, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
BACKGROUND: There is an increasing interest in sexual and gender diversity in
neurorehabilitation. Healthcare professionals wanting to improve their practice know the …

American Academy of Neurology members' preparedness to treat sexual and gender minorities

N Rosendale, T Ostendorf, DA Evans, A Weathers… - Neurology, 2019 - neurology.org
Objective To measure the attitudes and knowledge of American Academy of Neurology
(AAN) member neurologists in caring for sexual and gender minority (SGM) patients (eg …

Caring for transgender patients with epilepsy

EL Johnson, PW Kaplan - Epilepsia, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Approximately 25 million individuals older than age 15 identify as transgender,
representing about 0.3–0.9% of the world's population. The aim of this paper is to identify …

Expanding sexual and gender minority research in movement disorders: More than awareness and acceptance

CYR Lin, N Rosendale, W Deeb - Parkinsonism & Related Disorders, 2021 - Elsevier
Culturally competent and inclusive care is slowly becoming the standard throughout
healthcare institutions. Awareness, acceptance, and inclusion of the sexual and gender …

Multiple sclerosis in men: management considerations

R Bove, A McHenry, K Hellwig, M Houtchens… - Journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a lifelong disease typically affecting individuals in young to middle
adulthood. There are recognized sex differences in MS onset and clinical course. MS affects …

Health-care disparities stemming from sexual orientation of Italian patients with Multiple Sclerosis: A cross-sectional web-based study

L Lavorgna, M Moccia, A Russo, R Palladino… - Multiple sclerosis and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) patients might experience unique difficulties
and barriers to treatment of chronic diseases related to their sexual orientation. Thus, we …

A comparison of neurocognitive decline in older adults in same-sex and opposite-sex relationships

R Manca, A Venneri - Current Alzheimer Research, 2020 - benthamdirect.com
Background: Individuals from sexual minorities experience health inequalities that have
detrimental impacts on their health, especially in the elderly, by exacerbating care needs …

Characterizing Diseases and disorders in Gay Users' tweets

F Webb, A Karami, V Kitzie - arxiv preprint arxiv:1803.09134, 2018 - arxiv.org
A lack of information exists about the health issues of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,
and queer (LGBTQ) people who are often excluded from national demographic …