Articles by Marshall Forstein, M.D.
Dr. Forstein attended The College of Medicine, University of Vermont after a career of teaching high school English, where he developed a lifelong interest in teaching and education. He completed an internship at Presbyterian Hospital, Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco and his residency in psychiatry at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He teaches medical students, and is the Program Director for the Adult Psychiatry Residency at the Cambridge Health Alliance, where he has been a staff psychiatrist since 1984. Dr. Forstein has been a principal investigator on an HIV Education and Training Grant through the federal Center for Mental Health Services, and teaches and has published on sexual minority issues in medicine and on the neuropsychiatry and psychosocial aspects of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
How Do I Talk to My Kids About Gender and Sexuality? Ft. Dr. Marshall Forstein, MD, DLFAPA – Shrinking It Down
June 30, 2022
How Do I Talk to My Kids About Gender and Sexuality? Ft. Dr. Marshall Forstein, MD, DLFAPA – Shrinking It Down
*Content warning: Some of the conversation today includes topics that some listeners may find sensitive including sexuality, gender identity, and violence towards members of the LGBTQIA+ community. What is gender identity? How is it different from sexual orientation? And why are pronouns so important? We talk through all of these questions and more in […]
LGBTQ Students in College: Fostering Inclusion, Acceptance, and Safety
January 20, 2021
LGBTQ Students in College: Fostering Inclusion, Acceptance, and Safety
This post is one of a four-part series on college student mental health. The other posts in this series are: College Students of Color: Overcoming Racial Disparities and Discrimination International College Students: Challenges and Solutions The Challenges of First-Generation College Students *** College is a time when many students develop a stronger sense of identity […]
Reflections on Becoming a Father as a Gay Man
February 6, 2018
Reflections on Becoming a Father as a Gay Man
I was a precocious child, looking back. I read voraciously, and was curious about everything: such as what made people do what they do, and how mechanical things were put together and actually worked. And I loved my friends who came from very different backgrounds. I was a lucky child in so many ways, but […]
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