Downloaded by [New York University] at 13:47 08 August 2016 Activism and LGBT Psychology Activism and LGBT Psychology has been co-published simultaneously as Journal of Gay & Lesbian Psychotherapy, Volume 11, Numbers 3/42007. Downloaded by [New York University] at 13:47 08 August 2016 212x152 HB Monographs from the Journal of Gay & Lesbian Psychotherapy For additional information on these and other Haworth Press titles, including descriptions, tables of contents, reviews, and prices, use the QuickSearch catalog at http://www.HaworthPress.com. 1. Addictions in the Gay and Lesbian Community, edited by Jeffrey R. Guss, MD, and Jack Drescher, MD (Vol. 3, No. 3/4, 2000). Explores the unique clinical considerations involved in addiction treatmentfor gay men and lesbians, groups that reportedly use and abuse alcohol and substances at higher rates than the general population. 2. Gay and Lesbian Parenting, edited by Deborah F. Glazer, PhD, and Jack Drescher, MD (Vol. 4, No. 3/4, 2001). Richly textured, probing. These papers accomplish a rare feat: they explore in a candid, psychologically sophisticated, yet highly readable fashion how parenthood impacts lesbian alld gay identity and how these identities affect the experience ofparenting. Wonderfu(ly informative. (Martin Stephen Frommer, PhD, Faculty/Supervisor, The Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy, New York City) .. 3. Sexual Conversion Therapy: Ethical, Clinical, and Research Perspectives, edited by Ariel Shidlo, PhD, Michael Schroeder, PsyD, and Jack Drescher, MD (Vol. 5, No. 3/4, 2001)."This is an importal1t book. ... al1 invaluable resource for mental health providers and policymakers. this book gives voice to those men al1d women who have experienced painful, degradil1g, and unsuccessful conversion therapy and survived. The ethics and misuses of conversion therapy practice are well documented, as are the harmful effects." (Joyce Hunter, DSW, Research Scientist, HIV Center for Clinical & Behavioral Studies. New York State Psychiatric Institute! Columbia University, New York City) 4. The Mental Health Professions and Homosexuality: International Perspectives, edited by Vittorio Lingiardi, MD, and Jack Drescher, MD (Vol. 7. No. 112.2003). "Provides a worldwide perspective that illuminates the psychiatric, psychoanalytic, and mental health professions' understanding and treatment of both lay and professiol1al sexual minorities. " (Bob Barrett, PhD, Professor and Counseling Program Coordinator, University ofNorth Carolina at Charlotte) 5. Transgender Subjectivities: A Clinician's Guide, edited by Ubaldo Leli, MD. and .Tack Drescher, MD (Vol. 8, No. 112, 2004). "Indispensable for diagnosticians and therapists dealing with gender dysphoria, important for researchers, and a direct source of help for all individuals sufferingfrom painful uncertainties regarding their sexual identity. " (Otto F. Kernberg, MD, Director, Personality Disorders Institute, Weill Medical College of Cornell University) 6. Handbook of LGBT Issues in Community Mental Health, edited by Ronald E. Hellman, MD, and Jack Drescher, MD (Vol. 8, No. 3/4,2004). "Comprehensive . .. Richly strewn with data, useful addresses of voluntary and other organizations, and case histories." (Michael King, MD, PhD, Professor of Primary Care Psychiatry, Royal Free and University College Medical School, London) 7. A Gay Man's Guide to Prostate Cancer, edited by Gerald Perlman, PhD, and Jack Drescher. MD (Vol. 9, No. 112,2005). "Excellent. ... highly recommended. Patients reading this book will find themselves here, and professionals will learn what they need to help their patients as they Downloaded by [New York University] at 13:47 08 August 2016 struggle with these emotional topics." (Donald Johannessen, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, NYU School of Medicine) 8. Barebacking: Psychosocial and Public Health Approaches, edited by Perry N. Halkitis, PhD, Leo Wilton, PhD, and Jack Drescher, MD (Vol. 9, No. 3/4, 2005). An examination of the psychological, social, and health issues involving intentional unprotected gay or bisexual sex. 9. Crystal Meth and Men Who Have Sex with Men: What Mental Health Care Professionals Need to Know, edited by Milton L. Wainberg, MD, Andrew Kolodny, MD, and Jack Drescher, MD (Vol. to. No. 3/4, 2006). "This comprehensive book captures not just the extent of the problem and how to recognize it, it oflers excellent clinical interventions and treatments . ... invaluable. " (Robert Paul Cabaj, MD, Director, San Francisco Department of Public Health's Community Behavioral Health Services Member, Mayor's Task Force on Methamphetamine Abuse, San Francisco) 10. British Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Psychologies: Theory, Research, and Practice, edited by Elizabeth Peel, PhD, Victoria Clarke, PhD, and Jack Drescher, MD (Vol. 11. No. 112, 2007). "A comprehensive examination of the latest developlllents in lesbiall, gay, alld bisexual psychological alld psychotherapeutic theory, research. alld practice ill the United Kingdom. " 11. Activism and LGBT Psychology, edited by Judith M. Glassgold, PsyD, and Jack Drescher, MD (Vol. 11, No. 3/4, 2007). An examination of how mental health professionals can create broad change in LGBT mental health and be activists in their professional lives. Downloaded by [New York University] at 13:47 08 August 2016 This page intentionally left blank Downloaded by [New York University] at 13:47 08 August 2016 Activism and LGBT Psychology Judith M. Glassgold, PsyD Jack Drescher, MD Editors Activism and LGBT Psychology has been co-published simultaneously as Journal of Gay & Lesbian Psychotherapy, Volume 11, Numbers 3/42007. 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