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LGBT Psychology and Mental Health: Emerging Research and Advances

LGBT Psychology and Mental Health: Emerging Research and Advances

LGBT Psychology and Mental Health: Emerging Research and Advances
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ISBN-10:
1440843376
ISBN-13:
9781440843372
Pub. Date:
10/27/2017
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN-10:
1440843376
ISBN-13:
9781440843372
Pub. Date:
10/27/2017
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Academic
LGBT Psychology and Mental Health: Emerging Research and Advances

LGBT Psychology and Mental Health: Emerging Research and Advances

Overview

This cutting-edge guide spotlights some of the most exciting emerging discoveries, trends, and research areas in LGBT psychology, both in science and therapy.

LGBT Psychology and Mental Health: Emerging Research and Advances brings together concise, substantive reviews of what is new or on the horizon in science and in key areas of clinical practice. It will equip professionals at institutions with mental health programs that deal with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues with information and insight to help psychologists, mental health clinicians, and counselors better serve the LGBT populations that, increasingly, are seeking their services.

The book begins with introductory chapters that present an overview of the field, chronicle the relationship between the LGBT community and the field of psychology in past decades, and identify emerging issues covered in the volume. It then addresses subjects such as social psychology and LGBT populations, health disparities and LGBT populations, the evolution of developmental theory related to the LBGT populations, emerging policy issues in LGBT health and psychology, and recent efforts to make the field of psychology more trans-inclusive and affirmative. Chapters are also dedicated to examining contemporary, LGBT-affirmative psychoanalysis and treating addictions and substance abuse in the LGBT community.

The book concludes with chapters that address how the concept of intersectionality can serve as a way to better understand LGBT members who possess multiple cultural identities and the unique stressors they experience in daily life. The final chapter summarizes issues that bridge the contributions provided by the authors, and it highlights current issues of focal concern in order to project future directions for the field of LGBT psychology in the next two decades.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781440843372
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 10/27/2017
Series: Practical and Applied Psychology
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 296
Product dimensions: 6.40(w) x 9.55(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Richard Ruth, PhD, is a clinical psychologist, psychoanalyst, neuropsychologist, and family therapist, as well as associate professor of clinical psychology and director of training at The George Washington University PsyD program.

Erik Santacruz, EdD, M.Psy, is a clinical psychologist in training at the Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC, where he works with children, adolescents, and young adults infected with HIV perinatally.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword Judy Kuriansky vii

1 Introduction: Why This Book and What You Can Expect Richard Ruth Erik Santacruz 1

2 New Developments in LGBT Development: What's New and What's (Still) True Stephen L. Forssell 15

3 Making Psychology Trans-Inclusive and Trans- Affirmative: Recommendations for Research and Practice Riddhi Sandil Shane Henise 47

4 How Contemporary Psychoanalysis Contributes to LGBT Psychology: Examining and Addressing Gender Fluidity and Diversity as We Slide toward 21st-century Transformations Shara Sand 69

5 LGBT Psychology and Ethnic Minority Perspectives: Intersectionality Barbara C. Wallace Erik Santacruz 87

6 Intersectional Feminism and LGBTIQQA+ Psychology: Understanding Our Present by Exploring Our Past Deanna N, Cor Christian D. Chan 109

7 Caught at the Intersections: Microaggressions toward Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer People of Color Kevin L. Nadal Tanya Erazo Julia Schulman Heather Han Tamara Deutsch 133

8 Addictions and Substance Abuse in the LGBT Community: New Approaches Barbara C. Wallace Erik Santacruz 153

9 Health Disparities and LGBT Populations Barbara C. Wallace Erik Santacruz 177

10 Challenges in Moving toward the Resolution, Reduction, and Elimination of Health Disparities for LGBT Populations Barbara C. Wallace Erik Santacruz 197

11 LGBT Health and LGBT Psychology: Emerging Policy Issues Ronald L. Schlittler Melissa J. Grey Timothy Popanz 217

12 Quality and Equality: An Interdisciplinary Graduate Program to Develop Agents of Change in LGBT Health Stephen L. Forssell Nathaniel Swift-Erslev Colin J. Davis Richard Ruth Alyssa N. Zucker Sharon J. Glezen Merle Cunningham Blaine Parrish Carl G. Streed Jr. Ronald L. Schlittler 237

13 Going Forward: Summary and New Directions Richard Ruth Erik Santacruz 259

About the Editors 267

About the Contributors 269

About the Practical and Applied Psychology Series and Series Editor 273

Index 275

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