UCSF Guides: LGBTQIA+ Health: Mental Health

Books on LGBT Mental Health at the UCSF Library

The LGBT casebook by Petros Levounis, Jack Drescher, Mary Barber, editors.
Call Number: RC558 .L43 2012
ISBN: 1585624217
Publication Date: 2012
Published by the American Psychiatric Association, this casebook covers a wide range of mental health issues including coming out, ADHD, substance issues, depressive, bipolar and other disorders, relational issues, and phases of life.
Handbook of LGBT issues in community mental health by Ronald E. Hellman, Jack Drescher, editors.
Call Number: RC451.4 .G39 H36 2004
ISBN: 0789023105
Publication Date: 2004
Includes case studies and other approaches to LGBT issues in the institutional contexts of community and public mental health.
Mental health issues in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities by Billy E. Jones, Marjorie J. Hill, editors.
Call Number: RC451.4 .G39 M45 2002
ISBN: 1585620696
Publication Date: 2002
Explores mental health issues for gay youth, seniors, and transgender people, and critiques "ex-gay reparative therapy."
Sexual orientation and mental health : examining identity and development in lesbian, gay, and bisexual people by Allen M. Omoto, Howard S. Kurtzman, editors.
Call Number: RC451.4 .G39 S46 2006
ISBN: 1591472326
Publication Date: 2006
This edited collection uses clinical findings, case studies, and national health data to examine the impact of factors such as religion, substance use, poverty and racism on LGBT youth and adults.
Handbook of counseling and psychotherapy with lesbian, gay, and bisexual clients by Ruperto M. Perez, Kurt A. DeBord, Kathleen J. Bieschke, editors.
Call Number: BF637 .C6 H3125 2000
ISBN: 155798610X
Publication Date: 2000
A handbook of counseling and therapeutic issues for LGBT clients featuring chapters by numerous leading therapists.
Textbook of homosexuality and mental health by Robert P. Cabaj, Terry S. Stein, editors.
Call Number: 1996
ISBN: 088048716X
Publication Date: RC451.4 .G39 T47 1996
Very comprehensive coverage of psychological issues for LGBT mental health, with chapters on a variety of social concerns, racial communities, and professional and ethical commitments.
Homosexuality and the mental health professions : the impact of bias by Committee on Human Sexuality.
Call Number: 2000
ISBN: 0881633186
Publication Date: RC558 .H655 2000
An extended examination and critique of the effects of heterosexist and homphobic bias in the mental health professions.
Notes from the margins : the gay analyst's subjectivity in the treatment setting by Eric Sherman.
Call Number: RC440.84 .S53 2005
ISBN: 0881634115
Publication Date: 2005
Examines a variety of therapeutic relationships from the perspective of a gay male analyst.
Gay men and childhood sexual trauma : integrating the shattered self by James Cassese, editor.
Call Number: HQ76.3 .U5 G389 2000
ISBN: 1560231386
Publication Date: 2000
An edited collection exploring therapeutic and survival issues for gay men who experienced childhood sexual abuse.
Ex-gay research : analyzing the Spitzer study and its relation to science, religion, politics, and culture by Jack Drescher, Kenneth J. Zucker, editors.
Call Number: RC558 .E98 2006
ISBN: 1560235578
Publication Date: 2006
"Ex-gay therapy" draws scathing ethical and methodological critiques from numerous contributors in this edited collection.
American psychiatry and homosexuality : an oral history by Jack Drescher, Joseph P. Merlino, editors.
Call Number: RC558 .A44 2007
ISBN: 1560237392
Publication Date: 2007
Interviews from numerous psychiatrists about their own professional experience and about psychiatry's troubling history of treating homosexuality.
Gay and lesbian mental health : a sourcebook for practitioners by Christopher J. Alexander, editor.
Call Number: RC451.4 .G39 G39 1996
ISBN: 1560238798
Publication Date: 1996
Discusses many areas of community need and therapeutic practice including sexual abuse, suicide, multiple loss, autonomy and intimacy in LGBT relationships, parenting, Latino gay identity, aging, and sexual objectification.
Homosexuality & psychoanalysis by Tim Dean, Christopher Lane, editors.
Call Number: RC506 .H66 2001
ISBN: 0226139379
Publication Date: 2001
Provides theoretical and philosophical examinations of the intersection of sexualities and psychoanalysis.