Publications & media

Study shows parents of LGBTQ+ youth are considering leaving Missouri. https://www.audacy.com/kmox/news/local/study-shows-lgbtq-youth-parents-consider-leaving-missouri

Kansas and Missouri bans may spur families to travel far out of state for gender-affirming care. https://wichitabeacon.org/stories/2024/04/05/kansas-and-missouri-bans-may-spur-families-to-travel-far-for-gender-affirming-care/

LGTBQ Youth & Attachment. The Attachment in Action Podcast. https://attachmenttheoryinaction.podbean.com/e/attachment-lgbtqia-youth-dr-katie-heiden-rootes/

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: The people trying to reduce youth suicide in Missouri and what they need

https://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/the-people-trying-to-reduce-youth-suicide-in-missouri-and-what-they-need/article_5c812e83-7000-51fe-82ad-e64c236af2c4.html

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Suicide on campus: How the mental health crisis is changing college life

https://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/parenting/aisha-sultan/suicide-on-campus-how-the-mental-health-crisis-is-changing-college-life/article_4db8cf0e-8558-58a5-8d26-90d736bcb5e5.html

Interview with Dr. Kira Banks of Raising Equity on Protecting Queer Youth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2dcZyZGibA 

St. Louis Magazine https://www.stlmag.com/news/the-cure-conversion-therapy/

The Vital Voice http://www.thevitalvoice.com/dont-share-dont-ask-physicians-need-better-medical-screening-practices/

The Collaborative Family Healthcare https://www.cfha.net/blogpost/753286/197053/The-Dialectical-Tension-of-Cultural-Attunement-in-Collaborative-Care

Documentary interview: 21 Million & 1 by Dylan Bradley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVMZWpRPwFI

Missouri LGBTQ Climate Survey 2023 (published online 2024). https://www.slu.edu/doisy/clinics-and-community/docs/2023-mo-lgbtq-survey.pdf

Advancing Inclusion of Transgender & Gender Diverse Identities in Clinical Education. Published online and via open access journal: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/suppl/10.1177/15248399231183643/suppl_file/sj-pdf-1-hpp-10.1177_15248399231183643.pdf 

Heiden-Rootes, K., Benson, K., Carmichael, A., & Capshaw, E. (2023). Understanding transgender and non-binary youth mental health through the family resilience framework: A literature review. Contemporary Family Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10591-023-09688-3 

Heiden-Rootes K, Meyer D, & *Levine S, Dalton S, *Rich, Q. “Testing the waters” in a “world that refuses to make space: Development and coming out with transgender and non-binary adults. J Feminist Family Therapy. 2023. doi: 10.1080/08952833.2023.2210344  

Heiden-Rootes, K., Ross, K., Moore, R., Hasan, S., & Gulotta, S. (2021). Freedom and struggling openly in psychotherapy: A qualitative inquiry with LGBQ young adults from religious families. Journal of Marital & Family Therapy, 47(1). https://doi.org/10.1111/jmft.12442.   

Heiden-Rootes, K., Hartwell, E., & Nedela, M. (2020). Bisexuality: Partnering, Minority Stress, and Mental Health.  Journal of Homosexuality. Online https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2020.1804255.  

Heiden-Rootes, K.M., Wiegand, A., & Bono, D. (2019). Sexual minority adults: A national survey on depression, religious fundamentalism, parent relationship quality, and acceptance. Journal of Marital & Family Therapy, 45(1): 106–119.   doi: 10.1111/jmft.12323  

Heiden-Rootes, K. M., Salas, J.,  Gebauer, S., Witthaus, M., Scherrer, J., McDaniel, K., & Carver, D.  (2017). Sexual dysfunction in primary care: an exploratory descriptive  analysis of medical record diagnoses. The journal of sexual medicine, 14(11), 1318-1326.