LGBTQ mental health : international perspectives and experiences / edited by Nadine Nakamura and Carmen H. Logie.
"LGBTQ Mental Health: International Perspectives and Experiences expands our understanding of mental health by considering the unique challenges faced by LGBTQ communities in the Majority World. Increased globalization and migration has highlighted the need for mental health clinicians to bette...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC :
American Psychological Association,
2020.
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| Series: | Perspectives on sexual orientation and diversity.
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| Online Access: | APA PsycBooks |
| Summary: | "LGBTQ Mental Health: International Perspectives and Experiences expands our understanding of mental health by considering the unique challenges faced by LGBTQ communities in the Majority World. Increased globalization and migration has highlighted the need for mental health clinicians to better understand these communities' experiences and needs. This book provides an overview of LGBTQ mental health in non Western countries or regions that have heretofore received little attention in the psychology literature. Chapters focus on the cultural, social, legal, political, and psychological experiences of various LGBTQ subpopulations in Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Jamaica, Russia, Mongolia, India, Malaysia, Thailand, and sub Saharan Africa. Contributors summarize existing research on mental health outcomes for LGBTQ individuals in these countries or regions; offer key insights that challenge culturally specific conceptions of normative, LGBTQ mental health and behavior; and offer recommendations for further research and mental health practice with these populations."-- "This book expands the understanding of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ) people's lives beyond the dominant narrative of the West to include the experiences of LGBTQ people from around the world. In the United States, Canada, and Western Europe, much has been written about LGBTQ health and mental health. Chapters in this book cover LGBTQ populations that are largely invisible in the psychological literature by focusing on the Majority World to expand our understanding of what it means to be LGBTQ and how mental health needs and priorities contextually vary. The book chapters address the concerns of LGBTQ people of various regions of the world, including South Asia, Southeast Asia, Northern Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean, and sub-Saharan Africa. These chapters provide some historical perspective, as well as cultural factors and values, conceptualizations of gender and sexuality, perspectives and concerns of LGBTQ people, and relevant clinical issues and recommendations for mental health practitioners to consider. Authors address how being a sexual and/or gender diverse person may impact mental health and highlight challenges faced by LGBTQ populations as they relate to laws, policies, and cultural beliefs. Chapters include one or more vignettes based either on one or more authors' experiences or on a fictionalized or deidentified case in order to give readers a sense of what concerns are relevant to the LGBTQ population from that particular country or region. Book chapters are organized to allow readers to compare and contrast LGBTQ experiences within and between regions."--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved). |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 182 pages). Also issued in print. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1433830914 1433831635 9781433830914 9781433831638 |