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A Systematic Review of Interventions to Reduce Problematic Substance Use Among Transgender Individuals: A Call to Action
Persons who are transgender (i.e., individuals who are assigned one sex at birth, but who do not identify with that sex) are at elevated risk for developing problematic substance use. Recent studies indicate that transgender persons have high rates of alcohol use, illicit drug use, and nonmedical us...
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Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5549596/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28861547 http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/trgh.2016.0037 |
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author | Glynn, Tiffany R. van den Berg, Jacob J. |
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description | Persons who are transgender (i.e., individuals who are assigned one sex at birth, but who do not identify with that sex) are at elevated risk for developing problematic substance use. Recent studies indicate that transgender persons have high rates of alcohol use, illicit drug use, and nonmedical use of prescription drugs and evince more severe misuse of these substances compared with nontransgender individuals. Despite the high rates of substance use among transgender persons and the multiple conceptual and narrative recommendations for substance use treatments, there is a lack of consensus or awareness of empirically tested interventions and programs effective for this population. Thus, it is critical to examine current substance use interventions for transgender individuals to identify gaps in the field and to immediately put forth efforts to reduce problematic substance use. This systematic review is the first to attempt a comprehensive identification and synthesis of the available evidence on interventions for reducing problematic substance use among transgender persons. Reflective of the state of the field regarding transgender care for substance use, we found a deficiency of studies to include in this systematic review (n=2). Perhaps the most important conclusion of this review is that well-designed, theoretically informed culturally sensitive research focused on developing and rigorously testing interventions for substance use among transgender individuals is alarmingly scarce. This review discusses barriers to intervention design and synthesizes treatment recommendations for future work. |
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spelling | pubmed-55495962017-08-31 A Systematic Review of Interventions to Reduce Problematic Substance Use Among Transgender Individuals: A Call to Action Glynn, Tiffany R. van den Berg, Jacob J. Transgend Health Review Article Persons who are transgender (i.e., individuals who are assigned one sex at birth, but who do not identify with that sex) are at elevated risk for developing problematic substance use. Recent studies indicate that transgender persons have high rates of alcohol use, illicit drug use, and nonmedical use of prescription drugs and evince more severe misuse of these substances compared with nontransgender individuals. Despite the high rates of substance use among transgender persons and the multiple conceptual and narrative recommendations for substance use treatments, there is a lack of consensus or awareness of empirically tested interventions and programs effective for this population. Thus, it is critical to examine current substance use interventions for transgender individuals to identify gaps in the field and to immediately put forth efforts to reduce problematic substance use. This systematic review is the first to attempt a comprehensive identification and synthesis of the available evidence on interventions for reducing problematic substance use among transgender persons. Reflective of the state of the field regarding transgender care for substance use, we found a deficiency of studies to include in this systematic review (n=2). Perhaps the most important conclusion of this review is that well-designed, theoretically informed culturally sensitive research focused on developing and rigorously testing interventions for substance use among transgender individuals is alarmingly scarce. This review discusses barriers to intervention design and synthesizes treatment recommendations for future work. Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. 2017-03-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5549596/ /pubmed/28861547 http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/trgh.2016.0037 Text en © Tiffany R. Glynn and Jacob J. van den Berg, 2017; Published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. This Open Access article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. |
spellingShingle | Review Article Glynn, Tiffany R. van den Berg, Jacob J. A Systematic Review of Interventions to Reduce Problematic Substance Use Among Transgender Individuals: A Call to Action |
title | A Systematic Review of Interventions to Reduce Problematic Substance Use Among Transgender Individuals: A Call to Action |
title_full | A Systematic Review of Interventions to Reduce Problematic Substance Use Among Transgender Individuals: A Call to Action |
title_fullStr | A Systematic Review of Interventions to Reduce Problematic Substance Use Among Transgender Individuals: A Call to Action |
title_full_unstemmed | A Systematic Review of Interventions to Reduce Problematic Substance Use Among Transgender Individuals: A Call to Action |
title_short | A Systematic Review of Interventions to Reduce Problematic Substance Use Among Transgender Individuals: A Call to Action |
title_sort | systematic review of interventions to reduce problematic substance use among transgender individuals: a call to action |
topic | Review Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5549596/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28861547 http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/trgh.2016.0037 |
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