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| define sexual orientation |
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- enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, and or sexual attraction to men, women, both sexes
- person's sense of ID based on those attractions, related behaviors, and membership in community of others who share those attraction
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- opening up to yourself
- coming out to family and friends
- living openly
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| When did APA remove homosexuality from DSM? |
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- describes an ideological system that denies, denigrates, and stigmatizes any nonheterosexual behavior, ID, relationship, community
- usually operates thorugh dual process of invisibility and attack
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| Principles of sexual prejudice |
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- it is an attitude
- directed at social group and its members
- its negative, involving hostility or dislike
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| demographic correlates with those of a negative view of homosexuality |
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- men
- older
- less educated
- reside in geographic regions where negative attitudes represent the norm
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| values of those with negative attitudes for homosexuality |
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- frequently attend religious service
- endorse orthodox religious beliefs
- Republican
- politically conservative
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| correlations of experiences with negative opinion of homosexuality |
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- believe homosexuality is freely chosen
- less likely to have close personal friends or family members who are openly gay
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| symptoms of gender ID disorder |
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- stated desire to be the other sex
- frequently passing as other sex
- desire to live or be treated as the other sex
- conviction that he or she has the typical feelings and reactions of the other sex
- persistent discomfort with his or her sex or the sense of inappropriatness in gender role of that sex
- belief he or she was born what sex
- preoccupation with getting rid of primary or secondary sex characteristics
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- inability or unwillingness to change info received during childhood
- fear of people who are different
- promotion or prejudice by religious groups
- heterosexuals natural feeling at the thought of engaging in same sex activity
- actual homosexual feelings that a person cannot acknowledge or handle
- low self esteem leading to a need to hate others
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| Criteria when doing sexual history with GLBT patients |
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Definition
- important part of evaluation of every patient
- create a welcoming and safe environment
- therapist should be:
- open minded
- nonjudgemental
- patient
- tactful
- provide reassurance as to confidentiality
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| Eligibility and readiness criteria for HRT |
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- eligability
- age 18 or oldfer
- knowledge of effects of hormones
- real life experience or 3 months therapy
- readiness criteria
- further consolidation of gender ID
- improving or stable mental health
- likeliness to take hormones in responsible manner
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| sex reassignment surgery: eligibility and readiness criteria |
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- eligability criteria
- age 18 or older
- 12 months continuous hormonal therapy
- 12 months continuous real life experience
- understanding of procedure
- readiness criteria
- progress in consolidation of gender ID
- progress in dealing with the impact of work, family, and interpersonal relationships
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