The purpose of this learning module is to provide you with an understanding of key considerations when engaging with transgender and gender diverse (TGD) patients with eating disorders (EDs). TGD patients experience elevated rates of disordered eating. This module will explain unique experiences and obstacles to recovery among TGD patients and outline actionable strategies to provide culturally humble care. This module will also discuss serious mental illnesses that may co-occur among TGD patients with EDs. At the end of each module chapter, you will be presented with review questions to refresh your learning.
This training module was developed by Nora Y. Sun (Statistics, Harvard University), Mahie M. Patil (Orlando Science High School), and Alex S. Keuroghlian (Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital) in collaboration with the Massachusetts General Hospital Eating Disorders Clinical and Research Program, mercuri.world and Project Vermilion.
