ISBN:
9781422283837
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (66 pages)
Series Statement:
Living Proud! Growing Up LGBTQ
Parallel Title:
Print version Rodi, Robert Staying Mentally Healthy
DDC:
306.766
Keywords:
Homosexuality - Psychological aspects
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Homosexuality--Psychological aspects--Juvenile literature
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Intro -- Foreword -- 1 "Am I Normal?" -- Historical Views on Homosexuality -- Close-up: Sigmund Freud in Defense of Homosexuals -- Homosexuality as a "Mental Disorder" -- Close-up: Transgender Identity and the DSM -- Victimized by Culture, Not Nature -- 2 Depression and Suicide -- Driven Toward Self-destruction -- Close-up: "It Gets Better" -- Feeling Overwhelmed and Oppressed -- Depression: A Treatable Illness -- Alcohol Abuse, Isolation, and Other Danger Signs -- 3 Self-esteem -- "That's So Gay" -- LGBT Self-hatred -- The Coming-out Cure -- Adapting to Abuse -- Alcohol, Drugs, and Unsafe Sex -- Patterns of Self-sabotage -- Close-Up: Self-esteem and HIV/AIDS -- 4 Getting Help -- Support, Advice-and Anonymity -- The Wide Range of Online Resources -- Answers to Budding Sexual-identity Questions -- Guidance Through Religious Issues -- Answers, Not Avoidance -- Series Glossary -- Further Resources -- Index.
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