LGBTQ Mental Health: International Perspectives and Experiences

by Nadine Nakamura (Editor), Carmen H Logie (Editor)

LGBTQ Mental International Perspectives and Experiences expands our understanding of mental health by considering the unique challenges faced by LGBTQ communities in the Majority World.

Increased globalization and migration has highlighted the need for mental health clinicians to better understand these communities' experiences and needs. This book provides an overview of LGBTQ mental health in non-Western countries or regions that have heretofore received little attention in the psychology literature.

Chapters focus on the cultural, social, legal, political, and psychological experiences of various LGBTQ subpopulations in Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Jamaica, Russia, Mongolia, India, Malaysia, Thailand, and sub-Saharan Africa. Contributors summarize existing research on mental health outcomes for LGBTQ individuals in these countries or regions; offer key insights that challenge culturally-specific conceptions of normative, LGBTQ mental health and behavior; and offer recommendations for further research and mental health practice with these populations.

182 pages, Hardcover

Published October 8, 2019

Reviews

[Marius · Rating 4 out of 5]

It’s always positive when the APA takes into account experiences outside Western democracies, and this book does so. It cannot exhaustively evaluate the situations of LGBTIQ in the ten countries it reports on, but does highlight some issues and cultural peculiarities. Some of the chapters include qualitative studies, other only review the existing literature to point out challenges in the specific country. Because the issues are similar across the globe, it starts getting a bit repetitive at some point, but maybe it is positive to get reminded of the overall problem many times.