Review
"Each chapter of Lesbian and Gay Youth is richly documented...Health care providers and mental health professionals who work with gay and lesbian adolescents will want to keep a copy of Lesbian and Gay Youth within arm's reach." -- W. Gerald Heverly, Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services "Ryan and Futterman have created a unique and lasting resource by integrating the psychological and physical treatment issues of lesbian and gay youth. This book is not only a valuable contribution to professionals' understanding, it also is appropriate for educators, administrators, advocates, and parents." -- Steven E. James, Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, and Bis " Lesbian and Gay Youth offers a practical, hands-on,...comprehensive guide to mental and physical health care for gay youth." -- Edge "Ryan and Futterman provide us with a vision and the information we need to support the organizations that are desperately trying to respond to these needs and to mobilize forces to change the health care and research agendas that are killing our people through their silence and neglect." -- Tony Silvestre, Lambda Book Report
Product Description
This is a guide for providing health and mental health care to lesbian and gay youth and young adults. Although it focuses on adolescents, the information is relevant for any age group. In addition to specific guidelines for care and for approaching such sensitive topics as sexual behaviour, substance abuse and suicide, the book includes a comprehensive review of literature and up-to-date information for providers, researchers, educators and general readers. This book also includes guidelines (clinical care protocols) on primary care, mental health care, HIV medical and psychosocial care for lesbian and gay youth, and HIV counselling and testing for adolescents. There is extensive discussion of the social and health effects of stigmatized identity in the context of adolescent development. This book should be a useful resource for training health and mental health providers, and for enabling parents and advocates to assist in monitoring and ensuring quality care for a group of adolescents that has previously been neglected.
