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Johanna Olson
Researcher at Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Publications - 16
Citations - 1405
Johanna Olson is an academic researcher from Children's Hospital Los Angeles. The author has contributed to research in topics: Transgender & Population. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 16 publications receiving 1169 citations. Previous affiliations of Johanna Olson include University of Southern California.
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Parental Support and Mental Health Among Transgender Adolescents
Lisa Simons,Sheree M. Schrager,Leslie F. Clark,Leslie F. Clark,Marvin Belzer,Marvin Belzer,Johanna Olson,Johanna Olson +7 more
TL;DR: Parental support is associated with higher quality of life and is protective against depression in transgender adolescents, and interventions that promote parental support may significantly affect the mental health of transgender youth.
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Baseline Physiologic and Psychosocial Characteristics of Transgender Youth Seeking Care for Gender Dysphoria
Johanna Olson,Johanna Olson,Sheree M. Schrager,Marvin Belzer,Marvin Belzer,Lisa Simons,Leslie F. Clark,Leslie F. Clark +7 more
TL;DR: Prevalence of depression and suicidality demonstrates that youth may benefit from timely and appropriate intervention, and evaluation of these youth over time will help determine the impact of medical intervention and mental health therapy.
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The Gender Affirmative Model: What We Know and What We Aim to Learn
Marco A. Hidalgo,Diane Ehrensaft,Amy C. Tishelman,Leslie F. Clark,Robert Garofalo,Stephen M. Rosenthal,Norman P. Spack,Johanna Olson +7 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors concur with Dr. Drescher regarding the controversy, but take issue with his assessment of experts and their inability to differentially assess "persisters" and "desisters" in childhood.
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The use of cell phone reminder calls for assisting HIV-infected adolescents and young adults to adhere to highly active antiretroviral therapy: a pilot study.
Joseph A. Puccio,Marvin Belzer,Johanna Olson,Miguel Martínez,Cathy Salata,Diane Tucker,Diane Tanaka +6 more
TL;DR: Use of cell phone reminders to assist adolescents adhere with HIV medications was practical and acceptable to pilot study participants and suggests that a 12-week intervention was not adequate for most subjects.
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Management of the Transgender Adolescent
TL;DR: This review supports and describes timely medical intervention to achieve gender/body congruence paired with affirmative mental health therapy as an appropriate approach to minimize negative health outcomes and maximize positive futures for transgender adolescents.