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Commentary examines funding impacts on mental health research for sexual and gender diverse youth, suggesting implications for knowledge and responsibility.
The termination of U.S. federal funding for research on sexual and gender diverse youth mental health raises the question of what this commentary proposes to call epistemic obstruction: the systematic prevention of knowledge about a vulnerable population. Drawing on the case of Clark et al., it examines the consequences for scientific freedom, health economic reasoning, and international research responsibility.
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