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Lesbian and Bisexual Women's Mental Health by Robin M. Mathy; Shelly K. Kerr is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Lesbian and Bisexual Women's Mental Health about?

Examine the psychosocial factors that affect lesbian and bisexual women's mental healthThis essential guide presents up-to-date, evidence-based information that can be implemented to improve mental health services for lesbian and bisexual women in a variety of settings. It examines the systemic factors that play a role in their psychological and emotional well-being, and presents new research on protective factors that play an important role when lesbian/bisexual women face depression, anxiety, and other mental health disorders.Lesbian and Bisexual Women's Mental Health reviews the past literature on mental health and sexual orientationciting biased and inadequate assessment, diagnosis, and treatment approaches currently in use in the care of lesbian and bisexual women. This essential guide for clinicians and researchers presents new empirical research on lesbian/bisexual women's mental health. It explores specific challenges that face various lesbian and bisexual female populations, with research on: dysthymia depression and anxietyincluding a chapter on depressive distress among African-American women the way that community size and religiosity impact lesbian/bisexual women's psy

Author

Robin M. Mathy; Shelly K. Kerr

Publisher

The haworth press

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9780789026811

Subjects

Science, Psychology, Medical