This report scrib the clil treatment of a sample of four gay men sufferg om Post-Trmatic Strs Disorr (PTSD) attributed to their repeated experienc wh peer ridicule and ostracism throughout childhood and adolcence, ed by their genr variant appearance and behavr. All of …
Contents:
- 3 MYTHS ABOUT GAY MEN & TRMA
- TREATMENT OF GAY MEN FOR POST-TRMATIC STRS DISORR RULTG OM SOCIAL OSTRACISM AND RIDICULE: GNIVE BEHAVR THERAPY AND EYE MOVEMENT SENSIZATN AND REPROCSG APPROACH
3 MYTHS ABOUT GAY MEN & TRMA
This article vers myths about gay men and trma that are gettg the way of mental health and seekg unsellg or therapy Canada. * gay psychological trauma *
Rearch shows that members of the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) muny are more likely to experience potentially trmatizg events (Roberts et al., 2010), mental and physil health problems (Mimiaga et al., 2009), and discrimatn due to their perceived sexual inty throughout their lifetime (Friedman et al., 2011; Katz-Wise & Hy, 2012). Self-reported mental and physil health symptoms and potentially trmatic events among lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer dividuals: The role of shame.
TREATMENT OF GAY MEN FOR POST-TRMATIC STRS DISORR RULTG OM SOCIAL OSTRACISM AND RIDICULE: GNIVE BEHAVR THERAPY AND EYE MOVEMENT SENSIZATN AND REPROCSG APPROACH
64% of the sample intified as female, while 70% intified as lbian or gay, and 52% intified as Black or Ain Amerin. Bisexual visibily trma: PTSD symptomology, and mental health re experienc among bisexual women and men vers lbians and gay men. Prev studi have found bisexual people to be more likely to report certa typ of trma and ser psychologil distrs than heterosexual, gay, or lbian dividuals (Walters et al., 2013; Ward, Dahlhamer, Galsky & Jotl, 2014).