Tag: treatment
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 Welcomes New Findings In Landmark HIV Study
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the educational arm of America’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organisation, hailed the groundbreaking results of the recently-released PARTNER study finding no linked cases of HIV transmission between people living with HIV undergoing successful antiretroviral therapy (ART) and their HIV-negative partners.
New Safer Sex Guide Provides Crucial Advice On Prevention, Treatment, Wellness
Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, in collaboration with Whitman-Walker Heath (WWH), released an updated guide to practicing safer sex that includes essential tips to minimise the spread of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
LGBT Labour: Conversion therapy is harming LGBT people
LGBT Labour: Conversion therapy is harming LGBT people.
Pvt. Chelsea E. Manning Comes Out, Deserves Respectful Treatment by Media and Officials
Pvt. Chelsea E. Manning announced today that she is female and wishes to begin hormone treatment therapy. Human Rights Campaign Vice President and Chief Foundation Officer Jeff Krehely released the following statement: