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In this academic exploration of contemporary lesbian sexuality in Japan Sharon Chalmers addresses a wide range of issues including compulsory heterosexuality, lesbian invisibility and notions of Japanese womanhood and the Japanese family.

Lesbians --- Female gays --- Female homosexuals --- Gay females --- Gay women --- Gayelles --- Gays, Female --- Homosexuals, Female --- Lesbian women --- Sapphists --- Women, Gay --- Women homosexuals --- Gays --- Women --- Japan --- Social life and customs. --- J4127 --- J4172 --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- social identity and self --- Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- family and interpersonal relations -- sex relations (identity, preference, community, customs and culture)

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"Allan D. Peterkin and Cathy Risdon begin with an overview of the history of medical relations with lesbian and gay patients, providing advice and guidelines for strengthening the doctor-patient relationship and raising the standard of care for all patients. The book then delves into a range of specific clinical issues, such as risk profiles for particular illnesses, screening for and managing sexually transmitted infections, and HIV treatment in the primary care setting. Subsequent chapters cover a wide range of topics such as mental health care and the effect of homophobia on relationships, same-sex parenting, the role that body image plays in health, and unique populations, such as lesbian and gay ethnoracial minorities, the transgendered, rural lesbian and gay people, and elders. Each chapter includes practical tips (advice on inclusive language, for example) and summaries, along with references of written and online resources. Comprehensive and detailed, this work covers physical and mental health throughout the life cycle, with equal emphasis on women's and men's health." "Based on more than twenty years of patient care and contributions to medical education and community development, this resource will greatly heighten the quality of care that clinicians, health care practitioners, and educators can provide to their patients, and will in turn provide patients and consumers with the means to take an active role in their own health care."--Jacket

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Examine the psychosocial factors that affect lesbian and bisexual women's mental health

This essential guide presents up-to-date, evidence-based information that can be implemented to improve mental health services for lesbian and bisexual women in a variety of settings. It examines the systemic factors that play a role in their psychological and emotional well-being, and presents new research on protective factors that play an important role when lesbian/bisexual women face depression, anxiety, and other mental health disorders.

Lesbian and Bisexual Women's Mental Health

Developmental psychology --- Social problems --- Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality --- Sexology --- Hygiene. Public health. Protection --- Psychiatry --- Human medicine --- Lesbians --- Bisexual women --- Mental health. --- Female bisexuals --- Women bisexuals --- Women --- Female gays --- Female homosexuals --- Gay females --- Gay women --- Gayelles --- Gays, Female --- Homosexuals, Female --- Lesbian women --- Sapphists --- Women, Gay --- Women homosexuals --- Gays --- Mental health --- Mental health care --- Gender --- Homosexuality --- Identity --- Fears --- Female homosexuality --- Romantic and sexual orientation --- Therapy --- Suicide --- Bisexuality --- Book --- Dépressions --- Eating disorders

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lthough the term “diversity” is widely used, there is often no agree- A ment as to its meaning or how attention to diversity should be - erationalized within the context of programming or research. This text provides a foundation for the examination of such issues, with sugg- tions for the integration of various approaches into substance use tre- ment programs and research. The impetus for this work derived from multiple interactions over a period of several years with colleagues, s- dents, research participants, and community-based providers, who noted the frequent inattention paid to such concerns in the context of treatment and research, often despite an acknowledgment of a group’s particular historical legacy in the United States and the impact of that history on the initiationandprolongationofsubstanceusewithinaspeci?edcommunity, or the barriers to treatment that may have resulted. Chapter 1 de?nes what is meant by diversity through an examination ofrelatedterms,suchas“culture,”“ethnicity”“race,”“sex,”“gender,”and “sexual orientation. ” Clearly, this discussion does not and cannot re?ect all possible permutations of human existence that re?ect diversity. For instance, although the text does make mention of considerations related to religious differences and cognitive capacity, neither is highlighted as a separatetopic. Additionally,theemphasisonspeci?edgroupsisnotmeant to imply that other groups, such as Euro-Americans or heterosexual men, do not have concerns that may differ from those of other communities and that deserve consideration in the development and implementation of programs and research endeavors. However trite it may seem, one text cannot do it all.

Minorities --- Women --- Gays --- Lesbians --- Drug abuse --- Substance abuse --- Drug use --- Treatment --- Social aspects --- Research --- Medicine. --- Applied psychology. --- Public Health. --- Health Promotion and Disease Prevention. --- Cross Cultural Psychology. --- Public health. --- Health promotion. --- Cross-cultural psychology. --- Cross-cultural psychology --- Ethnic groups --- Ethnic psychology --- Folk-psychology --- Indigenous peoples --- National psychology --- Psychological anthropology --- Psychology, Cross-cultural --- Psychology, Ethnic --- Psychology, National --- Psychology, Racial --- Race psychology --- Psychology --- National characteristics --- Health promotion programs --- Health promotion services --- Promotion of health --- Wellness programs --- Preventive health services --- Health education --- Community health --- Health services --- Hygiene, Public --- Hygiene, Social --- Public health services --- Public hygiene --- Social hygiene --- Health --- Human services --- Biosecurity --- Health literacy --- Medicine, Preventive --- National health services --- Sanitation --- Gay people --- Gay persons --- Homosexuals --- Persons --- Female gays --- Female homosexuals --- Gay females --- Gay women --- Gayelles --- Gays, Female --- Homosexuals, Female --- Lesbian women --- Sapphists --- Women, Gay --- Women homosexuals --- Ethnic minorities --- Foreign population --- Minority groups --- Assimilation (Sociology) --- Discrimination --- Ethnic relations --- Majorities --- Plebiscite --- Race relations --- Segregation --- Abuse of substances --- Addiction, Substance --- Addictive behavior --- Chemical dependence --- Chemical dependency --- Substance addiction --- Substance dependence --- Substance-related disorders --- Substance use disorders --- Psychology, Pathological