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Mental health issues for sexual minority women : redefining women's mental health / Tonda L. Hughes, Carrol Smith, Alice Dan, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Minority lesbians--Mental health.
- Minority lesbians.
- Lesbians--Mental health.
- Lesbians.
- Bisexual women--Mental health.
- Bisexual women.
- Sexual minority women.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (176 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Get a full understanding of lesbian mental health concerns! Mental Health Issues for Sexual Minority Women: Redefining Women's Mental Health presents much-needed research on sexual orientation and sexual minority populations missing from most mental health studies. This unique book identifies three areas of concern voiced in a 1999 Institute of Medicine report on lesbian health: whether lesbians are at a higher risk of mental health problems; the need for a better understanding of lesbian orientation and diversity in the lesbian population; and the need to eliminate barriers to mental
- Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Traumatic Victimization in the Lives of Lesbian and Bisexual Women: A Contextual Approach; The Effects of Sexual Orientation on Body Image and Attitudes About Eating and Weight; No Reflection in the Mirror: Challenges for Disabled Lesbians Accessing Mental Health Services; Psychological Distress in African American Lesbian and Heterosexual Women; Self-Reported Sexual Identity, Sexual Behaviors and Health Risks: Examples from a Population-Based Survey of Young Women
- Identity, Stigma Management, and Well-Being: A Comparison of Lesbians/Bisexual Women and Gay/Bisexual MenA Comparative Study of Lesbian and Heterosexual Women in Committed Relationships; Internalized Homophobia in Lesbians; Sexual Minorities Seeking Services: A Retrospective Study of the Mental Health Concerns of Lesbian and Bisexual Women; Index
- Notes:
- ". has been co-published simultaneously as Journal of lesbian studies, Volume 7, Number 1 2003."
- First published 2003 by Harrington Park Press.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-56023-311-7
- 1-315-78389-4
- 1-317-71287-0
- 1-317-71288-9
- 9781315783895
- OCLC:
- 874152254
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