lesbian, Gay, transgender and bisexuals can often live more openly in Sweden than in many parts of the world. But many still feel that the knowledge of their situation and rights, the serious shortcomings in the psychiatric care and in the usual care, according to the RFSL, which works for lgbt people’s rights.
ten years Ago provides the organization including health centers, psychiatric clinics and the corresponding to be hbtq-certified, a guarantee for a transparent and inclusive approach.
is the director of two psychiatric clinics in central Gothenburg operated by the company the us and asia. They became lgbtq-certified for a couple of years ago.
” at First, I thought there were no problems concerning these issues with us. I assumed that we, the psychologists, the doctors and the nurses – had a great knowledge and insight, but was in part thinking about.
– After certification is the awareness even more about how this group has it, and how important it is to have a correct and respectful attitude.
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Already inside the door to the practices evident lgbt-certification. There are several regnbågsflaggor which stands for the pride and diversity of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, respect for fellow man and tolerance. The markings on the toalettdörrarna is gender-neutral.
– They seek help and support with us will directly feel welcome and therefore are the flags an important marker for those of us who work here, ” explains Anna Sveide Antonelli.
always asks about which pronouns the people want to use. In the past it was just to fill in ”man” or ”woman” on the forms, and a married man is assumed to have a female partner and vice versa.
Anna Sveide Antonelli tells the story of a psychiatric department in the Gothenburg area, where a person who sought help for depression wanted to call himself a hen. But the staff refused.
– for a longer period of time was the focus on sex and not on the depressionsbehandlingen. After the lgbt-certification, we run the risk not to have something similar here.
Recently a patient to one of Weminds receptions for a first visit and when hen asked about their gender identity came the tears. Patient felt seen and validated – it is A and O for a successful treatment, think Anna Sveide Antonelli.
” We have had an increased proportion of lgbtq patients, and I think that is due to the knowledge that we are working inclusive has spread. In particular, transgender people are a very vulnerable group in society. But even more gay and bisexual come here.
meant that all the staff went RFSL’s training during three days plus a shorter follow-up. It gave an incredible amount, ” says Anna Sveide Antonelli. She says that the actual behandlingssättet perhaps not changed so much.
” But the patients are more receptive when they feel that they are met by respect and not called into question.
It is important to critically examine itself and its own beliefs to respond to every person in a respectful manner and prevent discrimination against persons who violate the norm.
During the training, the focus is very much on a standard critical thinking. People in general are unaccustomed to think in a norm-critical – if you yourself belong to the norm to say, ” says Anna Sveide Antonelli.
– The example bildgooglar the word ”family”, an example we usually take up in their education, are mainly white heterosexual parents with two children, one of each gender, happy, and without visible disabilities.
” We need to be aware of the standards to be able to examine them and to understand that we all are affected by the standards. It is important to critically examine itself and its own beliefs to respond to every person in a respectful manner and prevent discrimination against persons who violate the norm.
in Gothenburg will now go an e-learning course on lgbt in the first week, and then carried out joint meetings with all personnel to follow up the work with the questions.
– In the ads when we are looking for new staff says we are lgbtq-certified. Only people who share an inclusive approach is welcome here. We have had applicants who have not done it, and they can’t expect to get to work with us.
On the site for the operations in Gothenburg, sweden says:
”… we are actively working to respond to all equally regardless of gender expression, gender identity, sexuality, ethnicity, religion or other belief, sex, funktionsvariation, age or otherwise, and have a norm-critical approach.”
has worked in psychiatry throughout his life. In the past reflected she is not over a person’s sexual orientation and gender identity and their experiences of this.
I looked at all the people in need of help on their own terms. But the more I learned about these issues, the more I realized that this approach is not so obvious for all.
– Lgbtq people seeking help for psychiatric problems, like anxiety or depression, often struggle with society’s prejudices and negative attitudes. We in health care must generally be better at meeting the patient group.
Regnbågsflaggorna in the waiting rooms of practices in Gothenburg seems to irritate some, and sometimes torn down, lost or is pressed in a flower pot in the window.
– Then we buy just a new and even larger, ” says Anna Sveide Antonelli.
to tell you about a man who on their first visit, reacted on the issue about which gender he would be recorded in the journal. He stated that his biological gender was consistent with his legal, social, and perceived gender.
But during the further processing, the this person that they always felt like a woman, but that he never dared to take it up with someone. Without lgbt-certification the staff had perhaps not had the sensitivity that was required to create a trust that led to that person dared to open.
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