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Handbook of LGBT issues in community mental health

by Jack Drescher

Cover of Handbook of LGBT issues in community mental health

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.

Community mental health servicesMental healthMethodsCommunity psychiatryBisexualityHomosexualityBisexualsTransgender peopleTranssexualismGaysCultural DiversityGays, mental health