Paths to recovery for gay and bisexual drug addicts : healing weary hearts /

Paths to Recovery for Gay and Bisexual Drug Addicts: Healing Weary Hearts reflects and provides practical advice on the problems that confront counselors, friends, and family members in their efforts to help gay or bisexual men with drug and alcohol addiction. Paul Schulte explores the different med...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schulte, Paul, 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, MD : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]
Temas:
Gay people > Drug use.
Drug addiction > Treatment.
Gay people > Psychology.
Bisexual people > Drug use > Rehabilitation.
Toxicomanie > Traitement.
PSYCHOLOGY & PSYCHIATRY/Counseling/
PSYCHOLOGY & PSYCHIATRY/Addictions/
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Drug addiction > Treatment
Gays > Psychology
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : Addiction : a disease of family, perception, loneliness, and secrets
  • pt. I. The alienated and divided self of the gay and bisexual man
  • The four losses of gay men : family, perception, dignity, and connection
  • Gay and bisexual polydrug takers : the living and the dead
  • THe "down low" bisexual man and his haunted life
  • Childhood sexual abuse : tragically common for gay men
  • pt. II. Bio-psycho-social recovery for gay and bisexual men
  • The biological. PTSD : the gay community can learn from veterans
  • The psychological. relief for gay men by reconciling the divided self
  • The social, spirituality vs science : why should we remain hopeful?
  • pt. III. The controversies and contradictions in recovery
  • Disease, disorder, and the disorders : what's the difference?
  • Reflections : a failure of imagination in helping the gay community?

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