Drawing Outside of the Lines
Drawing outside of the lines: Using intersectionality to advance behavioral health and foster resilience among LGBTQ+ communities of color
Presenter
Dr. Skyler Jackson (he/him) conducts research focusing on the ways individuals’ social identities (e.g., race, gender, sexual orientation) shape their everyday lives and influence health and well-being. In particular, he is interested in how experiences of stigma—if not adequately coped with—interfere with psychological functioning and contribute to health disparities.
Event Details
Delivered by Dr. Skyler Jackson (he/him), this virtual presentation will combine didactic discussions of theory, research, and clinical applications. The theoretical discussion will include a discussion of relevant frameworks of stigma and health, including minority stress theory, the psychological mediation framework, and intersectionality theory. The research discussed will include (a) feature novel mixed-methods, experience sampling study illuminating how daily events related to both one’s race and sexual orientation (i.e., intersectional experiences) are associated with day-to-day changes in psychological well-being and (b) overview recent clinical efforts to develop and test a group-based treatment to address intersectional stigma, mental health, and HIV risk among young gay and bisexual men of color. Behavioral health implications and future directions, including the applicability of results to clinical, community, and policy-level interventions will be discussed.
CE credit is availble to CUIMC/NYSPI psychologists and social workers.
Psychologists: Columbia University Department of Psychiatry is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Columbia University Department of Psychiatry maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Columbia University Department of Psychiatry is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0168. Columbia University Department of Psychiatry maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Social Workers: Columbia University Department of Psychiatry is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0732. Columbia University Department of Psychiatry maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
