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*Lesbians and gay men : chemical dependency treatment issues by Dava L. Weinstein, editor is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is *Lesbians and gay men : chemical dependency treatment issues about?

Here is a valuable contribution to the new and growing body of clinical literature concerning mental health issues for gay males and lesbians. Lesbians and Gay Men: Chemical Dependency Treatment Issues addresses in-depth, specific issues in the treatment of chemical dependency in this population. Authors discuss special problems of the gay population and describe actual clinical techniques for treating them. Readers can easily apply these techniques and strategies for treatment directly to their own work. The book is full of case studies and other helpful information, making it one that practitioners may turn to again and again. <p>A discussion of addiction and homophobia opens the book and creates a base for the chapters that follow, which present clinical material on topics such as:</p> <ul> <li>the treatment of homosexual addicted clients by heterosexual therapists</li> <li>the impact on professionals of treating HIV-infected substance abusers</li> <li>the role of spirituality in the recovery of gay males</li> <li>chemical dependency in gay and lesbian youth</li> <li>lesbians from alcoholic families</li> <li>stages of lesbian recovery from alcoholism</li> <li>dual diagnosis of h

Author

Dava L. Weinstein, editor

Publisher

New York: Harrington Park Press

Published

1992

Language

EN

ISBN

9781560230366

Subjects

Medical, Sociology, Science