Headcase: LGBTQ Writers & Artists on Mental Health and Wellness [Hardcover]

Headcaseis a groundbreaking collection of personal reflections and artistic representations illustrating the intersection of mental wellness, mental illness, and LGBTQ identity, as well as the lasting impact of historical views equating queer and trans identity with mental illness. The featured pieces offer personal views from both providers and clients, often one and the same, about their experiences. In the anthology, readers will access the inner thoughts of contributors who collectively document the difficulty of navigating flawed healthcare systems that limit affordable access to genuinely affirming, effective services. Traversing boundaries of race and ethnic identity, age, gender identity, and socioeconomic status, Headcase appeals to LGBTQ communities and, specifically, LGBTQ mental health consumers and their friends, families, and comrades.

Foreword
Kai Cheng Thom
Introduction
Stephanie Schroeder and Teresa Theophano

Part I: Conversations About Mental Health and Wellness

1. Falling Between the Cracks of Queer and Black
Tanisha Neely
2. Queer Affirmative Therapy
Arlene Istar Lev
3. Not All Wounds Are Visible
Louisa Hammond
4. Border/ lines
Juan Antonio Trujillo
5. Sa Kanyang Sariling Mga Salita: Health, Identity, and Articulations of Self
Donald V. Brown, Jr., with Fidelindo A. Lim
6. Trust Me, I'm a Doctor
Lynn Breedlove
7. LGBTQ Substance Abuse and Mental Health Issues: A Provider's Journey
Joseph Ruggiero
8. The Bone Crushing
Bill Konigsberg

Part II: Stories of Survival

9. In Chiron's Footsteps
Paula J. Williams
10. Not Our Fault
Chana Wilson
11. Figuring It Out Together: Mental Health Survival Strategies from Detroit's Queer and Trans Youth of Color
Lance Hicks
12. Sisyphus (or: Rocks Fall anl,