Sexual minorities seeking services: A retrospective study of the mental health concerns of lesbian and bisexual women

Mental Health Issues for Sexual Minority Women: Redefining Women's Mental Health

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 127-146

  Rogers, Tracey L ^a   Emanuel, Kristen ^b   Bradford, Judith ^b,c  

^a Department of Research and Evaluation Fenway Community Health ^*  (United States)

^b Fenway Community Health   (United States)

^c Survey and Evaluation Res Lab   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Bisexual women; Depression; Lesbians; Mental health services

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925822520     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315783895     Document Type: Chapter

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