Queering Mental Health eModules
With these eModules, mental health service providers can become better equipped to care for 2SLGBTQI service seekers.
Egale Canada’s Queering Mental Health eModules were developed based on research and feedback from 2SLGBTQI service providers and service seekers to better equip service providers with more in-depth and expansive knowledge on how to provide more holistic and attuned care to 2SLGBTQI people.
These trainings include stories from service seekers and service providers as they share their insights about queering mental health services. Along with readings, videos, scenarios, and interactive activities, they also explore real-life scenarios and strategies, so that you are equipped with practical skills to provide 2SLGBTQI-affirming care.
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Module 1: Introduction to Queering Mental Health Supports
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In this first module, we begin by answering the question: What does queering mental health care mean, and why is it so important? We will then review key identity terms and how individuals derive personal meaning from them. Finally, we will briefly introduce four guiding frameworks that help develop a holistic approach to improving mental health care for 2SLGBTQI people: Social Determinants of Health, Intersectionality, Minority Stress, and Trauma-Informed Care. These frameworks will be further explored in Module 2.
Module 2: A Holistic Approach to Mental Health Care
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In this module, we will continue to explore the four guiding frameworks mentioned in module 1: the social determinants of health, intersectionality, minority stress, and trauma-informed care. While these models may not be wholly new to you, we will discuss them through a holistic lens that can help us better understand the causes and solutions to mental health disparities of 2SLGBTQI people.
Module 3: Safer Services
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In this module, you will engage in deeper learning by creating safer mental health services for 2SLGBTQI people. You will explore the role of practicing cultural humility, adopting neurodiversity-affirming care, and using anti-racist/anti-oppressive approaches that contribute to a safer and more inclusive mental health care system.
Module 4: Accessible Services
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In this final module, you’ll begin by exploring how the mental health care field has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic. How did the delivery of mental health care change during isolation challenges? What new strategies were adopted and are still being used today? What are some of the benefits and drawbacks of these new approaches?
Then, we will discuss how these challenges impacted 2SLGBTQI people, such as the high cost of mental health care, proximity to mental health care supports, and limitations with technology. How can service providers mitigate these barriers on a client and systemic level? How can we pave a new road forward?
These eModules were funded by the Slaight Family Foundation
Artwork created by
social artist Melanie Schambach