Gay Mental Healthcare Providers and Patients in the Military (eBook)

COL (Ret) Elspeth Cameron Ritchie, MD, MPHChief, Mental Health Community Based Outpatient ClinicsWashington DC VAClinical Professor of Psychiatry George Washington University School of MedicineProfessor of Psychiatry Howard University College of MedicineClinical Professor of Psychiatry, Georgetown University School of MedicineProfessor of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) Joseph E Wise, MDMajor, Medical Corps, US ArmyWalter Reed National Military Medical CenterBethesda, MD, USA Bryan Pyle, MSWDepartment of Social WorkWalter Reed National Military Medical CenterUS NavyBethesda, MD, USA

1. Introduction Elspeth Cameron Ritchie 2. Risk and Resilience: A Review of the Health Literature of Veterans Who Identify as LGBT Heliana Ramirez and Katharine Bloeser 3. “I Can Finally Be Me…Why Did It Take So Long?” A History of U.S. Military Policy Regarding Sexual and Gender Minority Service Andrew C. Buchholz and Robert A. Alonso II. Personal Experiences 4. The Reservist Perspective:  Service Before and During “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” James R. Batterson 5. Being Discharged Under Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Martin Chin 6. A Gay Psychologist's Account of Serving in the Army Reserves and National Guard During Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Clifford Trott 7. Does Anybody Have Anything They Want to Say? Joseph E. Wise 8. Family Monica Ormeno 9. Here/Queer/Used to It: An Account of a Post-Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Mental Health Provider Jackson Taylor III. Clinical Lessons Learned 10. Ward 52:  A Haven for HIV Positive Military Personnel Daniel W. Hicks and Steven J. Tulin 11. Creating Safe Spaces: Best Practices for Clinicians Working with Sexual and Gender Military Service Members and Veterans Heliana Ramirez and Katharine Bloeser 12. Treating LGBT Veterans with Substance Use Disorders—A Gay Psychiatrist’s Experience Bruce S. Hill 13. “At Least ‘Shipmate’ is a Gender-Neutral Insult” –A Military Psychiatrist’s Introduction to Transgender Military Service Andrew C. Buchholz 14. Ethical Issues Regarding LGBT and Intersex Service Members Edmund G. Howe