Invaluable Experience in a Specialty Clinic During Psychiatry Residency Training: My Cleveland Pride Clinic Experience

Abstract

This article is a personal account of the author's experiences with a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning (LGBTQ) specialty care system during his psychiatry residency. The experience of his own resolution of his identity, LGBTQ health education and clinical exposures affected his resolve to provide more competent and respectful mental health care. This work has inspired the author to learn more about LGBTQ health disparities. His goal is to close this gap and achieve better mental health outcomes by disseminating awareness of LGBTQ health needs and recommending adaptations for clinical work with respect to both the self and the patient.