APS
2026 APS Annual Convention
Advancing the Science of LGBTQ Mental Health: From Identifying Risks to Implementing Affirmative Care
This symposium showcases four distinct scientific advances in the global effort understand/alleviate the LGBTQ population’s disproportionate mental health burden—from clarifying risk factors among representative samples (Benjamin Smart, MD) and identifying pathways/targets for intervention (Richard Bränström, PhD) to developing novel treatments (Skyler Jackson, PhD) and optimizing their implementation (John Pachankis, PhD).
Chairs & Discussants
- Skyler JacksonChair
Yale University - Skyler JacksonChair
Yale University
Presentations
- LGB+ Youth Adversities As Mediators of Sexual Orientation-Based Disparities In Internalizing Psychopathology and Suicidality: Evidence from a Nationally Representative StudyBenjamin Smart, Richard Bränström, John Pachankis
- Borderline Personality Disorder across Sexual Orientation Groups: A Population-Based Study of Prevalence and Early Life Risk Factors Among Adolescents and Young AdultsRichard Bränström, Benjamin Smart, John Pachankis
- Adaptation and Pilot Test of a Treatment to Address Intersectional Stigma and Mental/Sexual Health Among Gay, Bisexual, and Queer Men of Color In the US SouthSkyler Jackson, Troy Kearse, Terrill Taylor, Manuel Teran, Athena Charles, Lauren Brown, et al.
- Implementing LGBTQ-Affirmative CBT In 90 LGBTQ Community Centers Nationwide: A Comparison of Three StrategiesJohn Pachankis, Danielle Chiaramonte, Hunter Baldwin, Lauren Wilkins, Xin Zhou, Skyler Jackson, et al.
