This cutting-edge guide spotlights some of the most exciting emerging discoveries, trends, and research areas in LGBT psychology, both in science and therapy.
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.
[T]he goals of this collection of essays: give the underrepresented
and underexplored LGBT voice and breadth within psychology and
mental health. Topics mindfully explored include
trans-inclusiveness and trans-affirmation, gender fluidity,
diversity, intersectionality, LGBT people of color and
microaggressions, new addiction and substance abuse treatment
methods, topics in health disparities, emerging health policies,
and a chapter on a health graduate program curriculum that examines
culturally competent health care to combat LGBT health disparities.
Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through
faculty and professionals.
*Choice*
LGBT Psychology and Mental Health: Emerging Research and Advances
is a master class in scientific evidence and a call to action for
systemic change. This gathering of diverse voices of scholars and
clinicians sings a chorus of facts and findings that takes distal
theoretical concepts and actualizes them into measurable traits and
actionable steps.
*Psychiatry*
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