Michael Montess
Biographic Data
| ID | 6095872 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael Montess |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael |
| FAMILY NAME | Montess |
| SIGNATURE | MONTESS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9084-5570 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Suicide risk assessment and LGBTQ+ people in psychotherapy
LGBTQ+ people face elevated suicide rates alongside long histories of clinical pathologization. Suicide risk assessment is a central practice in contemporary mental health care, yet client-centered qualitative accounts of these encounters remain rare, particularly accounts that attend to how risk assessment operates within institutional and relational conditions. This study takes up three connected questions about suicide risk assessment as exper…
It was Very Clear That We Were Not the Norm”
Despite rights-based advancements within Canada, sexual and gender minority people continue to face barriers when accessing and navigating the legal system across a wide range of legal issues. This study presents findings from 21 qualitative interviews conducted from 2020 to 2021 with sexual minority people in Western Canada exploring their experiences with the legal system. Findings presented in this paper focus on experiences of participants in…
Building solidarity during Covid‐19 and HIV/Aids
While the WHO, public health experts, and political leaders have referenced solidarity as an important part of our responses to COVID‐19, I consider how we build solidarity during pandemics in order to improve the effectiveness of our responses. I use Prainsack and Buyx's definition of solidarity, which highlights three different tiers: (1) interpersonal solidarity, (2) group solidarity, and (3) institutional solidarity. Each tier of solidarity i…
Creating the Conditions for Trust Around PrEP as HIV Prevention
In this paper, I consider how trust affects the decisions of men who have sex with men (MSM) around using pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) as HIV prevention in their sexual and romantic relationships, and how the use of PrEP affects their relationships with healthcare providers. MSM have to trust their sexual and romantic partners as well as their healthcare providers for PrEP to be successful as a relatively new HIV prevention strategy. This trus…
From HIV/Aids to Covid-19
"From HIV/AIDS to COVID-19: Feminist Bioethics and Pandemics." IJFAB: International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, 15(1), pp. 175–176
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From HIV/Aids to Covid-19
"From HIV/AIDS to COVID-19: Feminist Bioethics and Pandemics." IJFAB: International Journal of Feminist Approaches to Bioethics, 15(1), pp. 175–176
Creating the Conditions for Trust Around PrEP as HIV Prevention
In this paper, I consider how trust affects the decisions of men who have sex with men (MSM) around using pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) as HIV prevention in their sexual and romantic relationships, and how the use of PrEP affects their relationships with healthcare providers. MSM have to trust their sexual and romantic partners as well as their healthcare providers for PrEP to be successful as a relatively new HIV prevention strategy. This trus…
Building solidarity during Covid‐19 and HIV/Aids
While the WHO, public health experts, and political leaders have referenced solidarity as an important part of our responses to COVID‐19, I consider how we build solidarity during pandemics in order to improve the effectiveness of our responses. I use Prainsack and Buyx's definition of solidarity, which highlights three different tiers: (1) interpersonal solidarity, (2) group solidarity, and (3) institutional solidarity. Each tier of solidarity i…
Suicide risk assessment and LGBTQ+ people in psychotherapy
LGBTQ+ people face elevated suicide rates alongside long histories of clinical pathologization. Suicide risk assessment is a central practice in contemporary mental health care, yet client-centered qualitative accounts of these encounters remain rare, particularly accounts that attend to how risk assessment operates within institutional and relational conditions. This study takes up three connected questions about suicide risk assessment as exper…
It was Very Clear That We Were Not the Norm”
Despite rights-based advancements within Canada, sexual and gender minority people continue to face barriers when accessing and navigating the legal system across a wide range of legal issues. This study presents findings from 21 qualitative interviews conducted from 2020 to 2021 with sexual minority people in Western Canada exploring their experiences with the legal system. Findings presented in this paper focus on experiences of participants in…
LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (2 works) · Interpersonal communication (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Pandemic (2 works) · Public relations (2 works) · Qualitative research (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)