Headcase : LGBTQ writers and artists on mental health and wellness / edited by Stephanie Schroeder and Teresa Theophano.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schroeder, Stephanie, editor.

Theophano, Teresa, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sexual minorities--Mental health.

Sexual minorities.

Gender identity--Psychological aspects.

Gender identity.

Mental health care for LGBTQ+ people.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxiii, 287 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2019]

Summary:

"Headcase is a groundbreaking collection of personal reflections and artistic representations illustrating the intersection of mental wellness, illness, and LGBTQ identity, as well as the lasting impact of historical views equating queer and trans identity with mental illness. The pieces offer personal views from both providers and clients, often one and the same, about their experiences. In the anthology, readers will access the inner thoughts of an array of individuals, including: a therapist with dual status who also happens to be transgender and practicing in the Midwest; a lesbian writer and psychotherapist recounting her mother's experience with forced institutionalization, shock therapy, and "conversion therapy" in the 1950s; a queer illustrator presenting unique glyph illustrations that represent a panoply of identity-related questions and answers; an award-winning gay male writer discussing his struggle with depression publicly for the first time; and a trans activist of color writing about surviving madness in the inner city and how his community of mental health and social justice youth activists help each other thrive. Several contributors also document the difficulty of navigating flawed health care systems that limit affordable access to genuinely affirming, effective services. Cultural norms and barriers to accessibility have an enormous impact on the quality of care available to LGBTQ communities. Traversing boundaries of race and ethnic identity, age, gender identity, and socioeconomic status, Headcase should appeal to LGBTQ communities and, specifically, LGBTQ mental health consumers and their friends, families, and comrades."-- Provided by publisher.

"A provocative collection of texts and artwork by mental health consumers and providers alike, HEADCASE: LBGTQ Writers & Artists on Mental Health and Wellness breaks new ground in documenting issues in LGBTQ mental health care with superbly written and powerfully rendered personal and political stories and images"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Foreword / Kai Cheng Thom

Introduction / Stephanie Schroeder, JD and Teresa Theophano, LMSW

I. Conversations about Mental Health and Wellness

1. Falling Between the Cracks of Queer and Black / Tanisha Neely

2. Queer-Affirmative Therapy / Arlene Istar Lev

3. Not All Wounds Are Visible / Louisa Hammond

4. Border/lines / Juan Antonio Trujillo

5. Sa Kanyang Sariling Mga Salita: Health, Identity, and Articulations of Self / Donald V. Brown, Jr. with Fidelindo A. Lim

6. Trust Me, I'm a Doctor / Lynn Breedlove

7. LGBTQ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Issues: A Provider's Journey / Joseph Ruggiero

8. The Bone Crushing / Bill Konigsberg

II. Stories of Survival

9. In Chiron's Footsteps / Paula J. Williams

10. Not Our Fault / Chana Wilson

11. Figuring it Out Together: Mental Health Survival Strategies from Detroit's Queer and Trans Youth of Color / Lance Hicks

12. Sisyphus (or: Rocks Fall and Everyone Dies) / Sullivan Voss

13. The Family Legacy Ends Here / Teresa Theophano

14. Roll the Dice and The Wall / Michael Brown

15. Jesus and the Closets / Charlie Zaanti

16. The Lived Experience of LGBTQ Veterans: Finding Support within the VA Healthcare System / Kathryn Wagner

III. Encounters of the Mad Kind

17. Madhouse, Madhouse... Memories of Incarceration / Kate Millett

18. Surviving Science, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Being Mad and Queer / Calvin Rey Moen

19. Knowing Reynolds / Lucy Winer

20. On a Subway Platform, a Life Flashes-Here, Gone / Antoine B. Craigwell

21. This Work Is About Digested Socks / Gabrielle Jordan Stein

22. Taming My Inner Fundamentalist / Kelly Barth

23. Fix Me Please; I'm Gay! / Guy Albert

24. Crowdsourcing My Antipsychotic / Stephanie Schroeder

IV. Pushing Boundaries

25. On Listening to Clients / Christian Huygen

26. Problem Glyphs / Eliza Gauger

27. Erasure and other poems / Gabriella M. Belfiglio

28. Informed Consent / Ash Wickell

29. Bad Penny / J.M. Ellison

30. The Big Pink Elephant in the Therapy Room / Thomas Mondragon

31. GLEAM / Nikkiesha N. McLeod

V. The Poetics of Mental Health and Wellness

32. Outlier: The Agoraphobia Fragments / Kevin Shaw

33. Were You Confused as a Child? / Stephen Mead

34. Battling Depression as a Queer Mom / Crista Anne

35. Doctor Anonymous: A Play, and a Lesson in Medical Ethics / Guy Fredrick Glass

36. Jekyll's Lover, T Is for Them, and Fools Gold / James Penha

37. Feathers / Benjamin Klas

Contributor Bios

Acknowledgements

Resources.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780190846602 (electronic book)

9780197591567

0197591566

9780190846619

0190846615

9780190846602

0190846607