RESOURCES
    FOR
    Substance Abuse, Addictions, and Recovery Issues
    in the LGBT Community

    LINKS

    • A Provider’s Introduction to Substance Abuse Treatment for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals.

    • Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Substance Abuse by McGill University Student Health Services

    • Teen GLBT Substance Abuse by Michael's House, a chemical dependency treatment center.

    • Older lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) substance abuses issues: Are they at higher risk for substance abuse?

    • Substance Abuse Fact Sheet from the National Coalition for LGBT Health

    • Substance Abuse in the Gay and Lesbian Community: Getting Help For Yourself or For Someone You Know and a Wide Selection of Helpful Resources

    • Fact Sheet: Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drug Use in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender (LGBT) Communities

    PUBLICATIONS

      Finnegan, D.G. & McNally, E.B., Counseling lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender
             substance abusers: Dual identities
      . Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press. (2002)

      Kus, R. J. , Addiction and recovery in gay and lesbian persons. Journal of gay and
             lesbian social services, 2 (1). (1995)

      Lombardi, E. L. & van Servellen, G. . Building culturally sensitive substance use prevention
             and treatment programs for transgendered populations
      . Journal of
             Substance Abuse Treatment, 19, 291-296. (2000)

      Mongeon, J.E., and Ziebold, T.O., Preventing alcohol abuse in the gay community: Toward a
             theory and model.
      Journal of Homosexuality 7(4), 89-99. (1982)

      Ratner, E., Treatment for chemically dependent lesbian and gay men. In L. D. Garnets & D.
             C. Kimmel (Eds.) Psychological perspectives on lesbian and gay male
             experience (pp. 567- 578). NY: Columbia University Press (1993)

      SAMHSA: CSAT. (Ed.), A Provider's Introduction to Substance Abuse Treatment for Lesbian,
             Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals
      . Washington, DC: Substance
             Abuse Mental Health Services Administration: Center for Substance Abuse
             Treatment (SAMHSA: CSAT). (2001)

      --United States Department of Health . A Provider's Introduction to Substance Abuse
             Treatment for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Individuals
      . Rockville,
             MD: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2001)

      Woody, G.E., Donnell, D., Seage, G.R., Metzger, D., Marmor M., and Koblin, B.A..
             Non-injection substance use correlates with risky sex among men
             having sex with men: Data from HIVNET.
      Drug and Alcohol Dependence
             53(3), 197- 205. (1999)


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