Lesbian, gay, bisexual, sexual-orientation questioning adolescents seeking mental health services: Risk factors, worries, and desire to talk about them

Social Work in Mental Health

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 213-234

  Ciro, Dianne ^a   Surko, Michael ^c   Bhandarkar, Kalpana ^c   Helfgott, Nora ^c   Peake, Ken ^c   Epstein, Irwin ^b  

^a Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center AHC   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Adolescent; Bisexual; Gay; Help seeking; Lesbian; Mental health; Questioning; Risk; Sexual identity; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444519144     PISSN: 15332985     EISSN: 15332993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J200v03n03_01     Document Type: Review

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