Lesbian and Gay Youth: Care and Counseling

Caitlin C. Ryan and Donna Futterman

August, 1998
Paper, 256 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-11191-1
$35.50 / £21.00

Cloth, 256 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-11190-4
$82.00 / £48.00

"Ryan and Futterman provide us with a vision and the information we need to support the organizations that are desperately trying to respond to these needs and to mobilize forces to change the health care and research agendas that are killing our people through their silence and neglect." — Tony Silvestre, Lambda Book Report

"Lesbian and Gay Youth offers a practical, hands-on,. . . .comprehensive guide to mental and physical health care for gay youth." — Edge

"Each chapter of Lesbian and Gay Youth is richly documented. . . .Health care providers and mental health professionals who work with gay and lesbian adolescents will want to keep a copy of Lesbian and Gay Youth within arm's reach." — W. Gerald Heverly, Journal of Gay & Lesbian Social Services

"Ryan and Futterman have created a unique and lasting resource by integrating the psychological and physical treatment issues of lesbian and gay youth. This book is not only a valuable contribution to professionals' understanding, it also is appropriate for educators, administrators, advocates, and parents." — Steven E. James, Society for the Psychological Study of Lesbian, Gay, and Bis

Related Subjects

• Social Work

About the Author

CAITLIN C. RYAN is a clinical social worker and the director of AIDS Policy Center, and the author of AIDS: A Public Health Challenge. DONNA FUTTERMAN is associate professor of pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and director of the Adolescent AIDS Program at Montefiore Medical Center.

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