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Atkins, Philip D.

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Gays and lesbians in public mental health: Assessing gay-affirmative practice.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Gays and lesbians in public mental health: Assessing gay-affirmative practice./
作者:	Atkins, Philip D.
面頁冊數:	192 p.
附註:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 75-08(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International75-08A(E).
標題:	GLBT Studies. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3617062
ISBN:	9781303841736

Gays and lesbians in public mental health: Assessing gay-affirmative practice.
Atkins, Philip D.

Gays and lesbians in public mental health: Assessing gay-affirmative practice. - 192 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 75-08(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Capella University, 2014.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

This qualitative case study presents a narrative portrait of a single publicly-funded mental health agency and the policies, processes, practices, and beliefs of the organization and staff related to the engagement and treatment of people who are gay or lesbian. The review of the literature demonstrated that people who are gay or lesbian are over-represented in the mental health system and that interventions that would affirm their sexual orientations are available but often not utilized. This over-representation is not due to increased inherent pathology among people who are gay or lesbian, but is the result of minority stresses they experience in their environments and the internalized homophobia that is a consequence of these chronic assaults. The case study utilized multiple sources of data to examine the sexual orientation cultural competence of the organization including their public information materials and public representations, policies, procedures and formal system documents, researcher observation, individual staff interviews, and scores on the Gay Affirmative Practice Scale. These data were triangulated to determine the alignment of the sources in order to tell the story of the organization and their use of practices that either support people who are gay or lesbian or contribute to their experience of minority stress. The findings of the case study illustrated the overall commitment of the agency and providers to creating an environment of dignity and respect for all clients but stops short of understanding the more nuanced sociocultural stresses of being gay and assisting gay or lesbian clients to address issues such as internalized homophobia and instances of oppression. The implications of this case study suggest the need for additional training for staff and intentional demonstration of affirmation for people who are gay and lesbian throughout the organization. These findings may have applicability to many publicly-funded organizations and additional research that includes multiple cases and the voices of people who are gay or lesbian may provide insights into how these organizations can work collectively to advocate for practices that are gay affirming and serve to eliminate disparities not only in their own spheres but in the culture at large.

ISBN: 9781303841736Subjects--Topical Terms:

1669655
GLBT Studies.

Gays and lesbians in public mental health: Assessing gay-affirmative practice.
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