Handbook Of Lgbt Issues In Community Mental Health
Contributors: Ronald E., M.D. Hellman (Editor); Jack Drescher (Editor)
Publisher: Haworth Press; CRC Press
Published: February 28, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780789023094
Subjects: Psychology; Mental Illness; Community mental health services; Transsexuals; Reference; Mental health; Community mental health servic; Handbooks & Manuals; Bisexuals; Gays
First sentence: While it was once estimated that gay people represented ten percent of the adult US population (Kinsey, Pomeroy and Martin, 1948; Kinsey et al., 1953), more reliable and recent data estimates the prevalence of homosexuality between 1 and 5% (Laumann et al., 1994).
Description: The Handbook of LGBT Issues in Community Mental Health provides reliable, up-to-date information on clinical issues, administrative practices, and health concerns related to the provision of public sector mental health services to LGBT people. The handbook presents clinical case material and describes various current clinical programs, with details about how they were developed and fostered, as well as their unique role in the provision of mental health services to this population. Contributors share their experiences developing two of the largest public LGBT programs in the United States and offer practical strategies for developing LGBT mental health programming in any community.