The LGBT Casebook

Part I: Basic Principles. What’s in your closet? Coming out to self and others: developmental milestones. From outlaws to in-laws: legal standing of LGBT Americans’ family relationships. LGBT parenting. Sexual identity in patient-therapist relationships. Part II: Case Studies. Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Substance dependence. Schizophrenia. Major depressive disorder. Dysthymic disorder. Bipolar disorder. Panic disorder. Obsessive-compulsive disorder. Posttraumatic stress disorder. Generalized anxiety disorder. Adjustment disorder. Borderline personality disorder. Parent-child relational problem. Partner relational problem. Bereavement. Occupational problem. Identity problem. Religious or spiritual problem. Acculturation problem. Phase of life problem. Glossary. Index.