Demonstrating Attachment-Based Family Therapy for Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth with Suicidal Thoughts and Behavior: A Case Study

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dc.contributor.authorRusson, Jody M.en
dc.contributor.authorSmithee, Laurenen
dc.contributor.authorSimpson, Samanthaen
dc.contributor.authorLevy, Suzanneen
dc.contributor.authorDiamond, Guy S.en
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-24T23:36:35Zen
dc.date.available2021-06-24T23:36:35Zen
dc.date.issued2021-05-27en
dc.date.updated2021-06-24T23:36:33Zen
dc.description.abstractSuicide is a growing public health issue among adolescents. While the majority of transgender and gender diverse (TGD) youth are healthy, many experience suicidal thoughts and behavior (STB). Due to discrimination and stigma, TGD youth attempt suicide at higher rates then heterosexual, cisgender and even cisgender, LGBQ youth. Despite this vulnerability to suicide, few treatments have been developed and tested for this population. One treatment, attachment-based family therapy (ABFT) has been adapted to work with LGBQ youth and may be promising for TGD adolescents at risk for suicide. This article provides an overview of our ABFT modifications for TGD youth with thoughts of suicide. Specifically, we illustrate how treatment outcomes, in a single case study, relate to processes within clinical treatment tasks. The case study demonstrates the application of these ABFT modifications with a self-identified, gender nonconforming adolescent (who had recently attempted suicide) and his caregivers. Treatment evaluation measures were collected over the course of 24 weeks to illustrate the youth's clinical progress. The youth's suicidal symptoms diminished markedly by the end of treatment. Further, the family reported an increased ability for problem solving and more open communication by treatment conclusion.en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifierfamp.12677 (Article number)en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/famp.12677en
dc.identifier.eissn1545-5300en
dc.identifier.issn0014-7370en
dc.identifier.orcidRusson, Jody [0000-0002-5629-2626]en
dc.identifier.pmid34046893 (pubmed)en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/103997en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherWileyen
dc.relation.urihttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34046893en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectAttachment-Based Family Therapyen
dc.subjectCase Studyen
dc.subjectSuicidalityen
dc.subjectTransgender Youthen
dc.subjectcaso prácticoen
dc.subjectjoven transgéneroen
dc.subjecttendencia al suicidioen
dc.subjectterapia familiar basada en el apegoen
dc.subject依恋型家庭治疗en
dc.subject变性青年en
dc.subject案例研究en
dc.subject自杀性en
dc.titleDemonstrating Attachment-Based Family Therapy for Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth with Suicidal Thoughts and Behavior: A Case Studyen
dc.title.serialFamily Processen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
dc.type.otherJournal Articleen
dcterms.dateAccepted2021-04-15en
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Techen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/All T&R Facultyen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Liberal Arts and Human Sciencesen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Liberal Arts and Human Sciences/Human Development and Family Scienceen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Liberal Arts and Human Sciences/CLAHS T&R Facultyen

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