Mental health profsnals terted gay and lbian clients. LAGPA members are actively volved expandg the role of psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and marriage, fay, and child unselors who serve the greater gay muny of Southern California.
Contents:
- ASSOCIATN OF GAY AND LBIAN PSYCHIATRISTS (AGLP)
- DIVERSY & HEALTH EQUY EDUTN: LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR AND QUEER/QUTNG
- LBIAN & GAY PSYCHOTHERAPY ASSOCIATN
- NEW STUDY EXAM RELATNSHIP BETWEEN PARENTAL ACCEPTANCE OF LBIAN AND GAY CHILDREN AND LATER LIFE MENTAL HEALTH
ASSOCIATN OF GAY AND LBIAN PSYCHIATRISTS (AGLP)
The Associatn of Gay and Lbian Psychiatrists (AGLP) is a profsnal anizatn of psychiatrists, rints, medil stunts and supporters, which serv as a voice for the ncerns of lbians and gay men the profsnal psychiatric muny. AGLP is mted to fosterg a more accurate unrstandg of homosexualy, ensurg well-rmed and appropriate treatment for lbians and gay men, and opposg discrimatory practic agast gays and lbians our society. * association of gay and lesbian psychiatrists *
Workg wh the APA and public agenci to fluence polici relevant to the lbian and gay muny. AGLP, celebratg over 40 years of service to the LGBTQ Communy, trac s roots to the late 1960s, when gay and lbian members of the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn (APA) met secretly at the annual meetgs. At that time, most stat, homosexualy uld be ed as e for the loss of licensure to practice psychiatry.
DIVERSY & HEALTH EQUY EDUTN: LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR AND QUEER/QUTNG
* association of gay and lesbian psychiatrists *
John Fryer In 1972, and the behd-the-scen work of several members of what was then referred to as the GayPA, the APA removed homosexualy om their diagnostic manual (DSM). This allowed a more open associatn of lbian and gay psychiatrists, who no longer had to fear for their jobs if they were found out to be gay.
D., Award, and rearch and advocy of particular tert to the LGBTQ+ Communy through our quarterly Journal of Gay and Lbian Mental Health. In 2015, The Associatn of Gay and Lbian Psychiatrists changed s name to AGLP: The Associatn of LGBTQ+ Psychiatrists, orr to serve a broar nstuency of members and patients the LGBTQ muny. - Publish the quarterly Journal of Gay and Lbian Mental Health, the official journal of AGLP, and provi a ee subscriptn for all full, associate, early reer, and medil stunt members;.
LBIAN & GAY PSYCHOTHERAPY ASSOCIATN
- Work wh the APA to fluence polici relevant to the lbian and gay muny;. - Collaborate wh other anizatns of gay and lbian physicians and mental health profsnals;. - Provi referral servic for lbian and gay patients;.
NEW STUDY EXAM RELATNSHIP BETWEEN PARENTAL ACCEPTANCE OF LBIAN AND GAY CHILDREN AND LATER LIFE MENTAL HEALTH
- Enurage and facilate the prentatn of programs and publitns relevant to gay and lbian ncerns at profsnal meetgs; and. He has served on Print Barak Obama’s Printial Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, on the Associatn of Amerin Medil Colleg Council of Deans, as Print of the Natnal Lbian and Gay Health Associatn, Print of the Washgton Psychiatric Society and Chairman of the Whman Walker Health Board of Directors.