Martin Kantor Md

Now That You're Out (eBook, PDF)

The Challenges and Joys of Living as a Gay Man

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book is an invaluable resource manual and survival guide for gay men who often turn to peers, parents, educators, or the media for direction, only to encounter misleading myths about gay life, such as the notion that "coming out solves everything."

For some gay men being homosexual is often anything but "gay." What are typically assumed to be "gay attributes" are often not characteristics of being gay but symptoms of common emotional disorders in gay men.

In this insightful book, longtime psychiatrist Martin Kantor-who is himself a gay man and has been in a committed relationship for 27 years-documents the issues associated with coming out and the challenges of gay relationships, including friendship, marriage, "getting dumped," and sexuality, with unflinching and honest candor. He also addresses the emotional problems and pervasive sense of loneliness that frequently haunt gay men while examining subcultural issues which exist within the gay community, including ageism. Other topics include developing a gay lifestyle (being gay in a certain way), parental relationships, issues of midlife and aging, and therapy and self-help options for gay men who feel they need it.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juni 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780313387524
• Artikelnr.: 37831877

Autorenporträt

Martin Kantor, MD is a Harvard psychiatrist who has been in full private practice in Boston and New York City, and active in residency training programs at several hospitals, including Massachusetts General and Beth Israel in New York. He also served as Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai Medical School and as Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School. He is currently a full-time medical author, the author of more than a dozen other books, including Homophobia, Second Edition (Praeger 2009); Uncle Sam's Shame: Inside the Veteran's Administration (Praeger 2008); Lifting the Weight: Understanding Depression in Men: Its Causes and Solutions (Praeger 2007); The Psychopathy of Everyday Life: How Antisocial Personality Disorder Affects All of Us (Praeger, 2006); Understanding Paranoia: A Guide for Professional, Families, and Sufferers (Praeger 2004); Distancing: Avoidant Personality Disorder, Revised and Expanded (Praeger, 2003), Passive-Aggression: A Guide for the Therapist, the Patient, and the Victim (Praeger, 2002), Treating Emotional Disorder in Gay Men (Praeger, 1999), and Homophobia (Praeger, 1998).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part I: Gay Life ONE: Coming Out TWO: Lifestyle THREE:
Relationships FOUR: Sex and Sexuality FIVE: The Paraphilias SIX:
Identity/Disorders of Identity SEVEN: Midlife and Beyond: Aging and Ageism
EIGHT: You and Your Parents Part II: Overcoming Emotional Problems NINE:
Emotional Disorder in Gay Men TEN: Substance Abuse ELEVEN: Shame, Guilt,
and Low Self-Esteem TWELVE: Suicide Part III: Therapy THIRTEEN: Getting
Professional Help Appendix: Origins Notes Index