Gay Mental Healthcare Providers and Patients in the Military Personal Experiences and Clinical Care

This volume tells the history of homosexuality in the United States military beginning in 1986, when the issue first came to the forefront of social consciousness. Each chapter is written through the eyes of gay mental healthcare providers, covering how to steadily adapt and learn to treat veterans...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Ritchie, Elspeth Cameron (Editor), Wise, Joseph E. (Editor), Pyle, Bryan (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2018, 2018
Edition:1st ed. 2018
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Risk and Resilience: A Review of the Health Literature of Veterans Who Identify as LGBT
  • “I Can Finally Be Me…Why Did It Take So Long?” A History of U.S. Military Policy Regarding Sexual and Gender Minority Service
  • The Reservist Perspective:  Service Before and During “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
  • Being Discharged Under Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
  • A Gay Psychologist's Account of Serving in the Army Reserves and National Guard During Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
  • Does Anybody Have Anything They Want to Say?
  • Family
  • Here/Queer/Used to It: An Account of a Post-Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Mental Health Provider
  • Ward 52:  A Haven for HIV Positive Military Personnel
  • Creating Safe Spaces: Best Practices for Clinicians Working with Sexual and Gender
  • Military Service Members and Veterans
  • Treating LGBT Veterans with Substance Use Disorders—A Gay Psychiatrist’s Experience
  • “At Least ‘Shipmate’ is a Gender-Neutral Insult” –A Military Psychiatrist’s Introduction to Transgender MilitaryService
  • Ethical Issues Regarding LGBT and Intersex Service Members