1st Edition

Mental Health Issues for Sexual Minority Women Redefining Women's Mental Health

By Tonda Hughes, Carrol Smith, Alice Dan Copyright 2003
176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more
  • 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 Men
  • A 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
  • Reference Notes Included

Biography

Tonda Hughes, Carrol Smith, Alice Dan