Tag: substance abuse
Art Therapy Can Boost Mental Health In LGBTQ Communities
This time Jackie writes about Art Therapy could boost your mental health.
Meet the Married Lesbian Dynamic Doctor Duo Who Got You Sober
February 28, 2017–In “Fundamentals of LGBT Substance Use Disorders,” the new book released by Columbia University Press-distributed LGBTQ publisher Harrington Park Press, Philadelphia clinician Michael Shelton sums up what is known about the prevalence of LGBT substance abuse and treatment, and emphasises the importance of affirmative therapy practices—counselling that supports and embraces client sexual identity.
New book a boon to LGBTQ substance abuse counsellors
When it comes to treating LGBT substance abuse know this: we are the same but different from our straight counterparts. While treatment and intervention for alcoholism and drug addiction in lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans patients often mirrors that offered to the general population, if it often does not acknowledge the complexity of the experiences, emotions and challenges faced by LGBT patients, it runs the risk of being rendered ineffective, counterproductive or even detrimental to recovery.
HRC and Partnership for Drug-Free Kids Join to Prevent Teen Substance Abuse
New issue brief aims to increase understanding of challenges faced by LGBTQ youth.