Understanding the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people living with mental illness

MedGenMed Medscape General Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Huygen, Christian ^a  

^a Rainbow Heights Club   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BISEXUALITY; CONSUMER; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOOD DISORDER; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SEXUALITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; TREATMENT PLANNING; FEMALE; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TRANSSEXUALISM;

BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 33646264308     PISSN: 15310132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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