Improving alcohol and mental health treatment for lesbian, bisexual and queer women: Identity matters.

CONCLUSIONS: Treatment providers may find it useful to gather information about the centrality of sexual identity to LBQ women as a means of overcoming treatment barriers related to heteronormative conventions and discrimination, language and disclosure. Implications for public health: Treatment providers should adopt more inclusive language, seek information about identity salience and the importance of sexual identity to the current treatment, and regularly pursue LBQ-related professional development upskilling. PMID: 29235690 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health - December 13, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Pennay A, McNair R, Hughes TL, Leonard W, Brown R, Lubman DI Tags: Aust N Z J Public Health Source Type: research