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The Treatment of Homosexuals With Mental Health Disorders
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A major text for clinicians and researchers who have an interest in homosexuality and homosexual patients with mental disorders, this book is an up-to-date review as well as a handbook covering the full range of affirmative treatments and therapies for lesbian and gay clients. Expert contributors look at problems caused by stigma and homophobic societal attitudes and discuss methods that can be used to work with gay clients in a positive context. Other issues of particular importance in working with lesbians and gay men are addressed.
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Index
abandonment depression, 185–186,202–203
acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)
anxiety disorders related to, 53–54
brain syndromes in, 64
depression in, 125
in Eastern Europe, 159
lifestyle changes related to, 14–15
as psychotherapeutic issue, 53–54
as sex therapy issue, 46–47
neurosis related to, 15
parent-child problem and, 72
as pathology, 3
psychological aspects, 71
as psychotherapeutic issue, 14–15,16,20, 22,53–54,87–88
as sexually transmitted disease, 71
social stigmatization and, 167
as suicidal behavior cause, 120,125,127
acquired immune deficiency syndrome-related complex (ARCS)
lifestyle changes related to
as psychotherapy issue, 53–54
as sex therapy issue, 46–47
psychological effects, 22
acting-out, 62,206
adaptability, 209–210. See also adjustment; adjustment disorders
adjustment, homosexual/heterosexual comparison, 139–141
adjustment disorders, 70. See also maladaptation
adolescents, homosexual/lesbian
antisocial behavior, 72
depression in, 62–63
developmental tasks, 63,71–72
ego-dystonic states, 63
homophobia and, 62–63
identity disorder, 192–193
reactive states, 62–63
social stigmatization of, 163–183
cognitive dissonance, 163,167
cognitive isolation, 165–167,179
educational problems, 179
ego-dystonic reactions, 164
emotional isolation, 171–172,179
family-related problems, 174–175
flaunting behavior, 176–178
Institute for the Protection of Lesbian and Gay Youth, Inc., 164–165,171, 172,173,175,176,179
intergenerational relationships, 180
minority group s...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- CONTENTS
- Preface
- Ego-Dystonic Heterosexuality: A Case Study
- Homosexuality and Neurosis: Considerations for Psychotherapy
- Alcoholism and Non-Acceptance of Gay Self: The Critical Link
- Special Issues in the Etiologies and Treatments of Sexual Problems Among Gay Men
- Psychopathology, Homosexuality, and Homophobia
- Theoretical Considerations in Psychotherapy with Gay Men and Lesbians
- A Pedosexual Pedophile Splitting and Projective Identification
- Homosexuality, Suicide, and Parasuicide in Australia
- Homosexuality and Mental Health: A Cross-Cultural Review
- Homosexuals in Eastern Europe: Mental Health and Psychotherapy Issues
- The Stigmatization of the Gay and Lesbian Adolescent
- The Borderline Personality Disorder and Gay People
- Index