FUNDAMENTALS OF LGBT
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS
Multiple Identities, Multiple Challenges
By
Michael Shelton
Forward by Dana G. Finnegan and Emily B. McNally
352 pages
Paperback, $45.00 ISBN: 9781939594112
Hardcover, $85.00 ISBN: 9781939594129
E-book, $41.99 ISBN: 9781939594136
Factors Leading to LGBT Substance Abuse
DOI: dx.doi.org/10.17312/harringtonparkpress/2016.11.flgbtsud.002
DOI: dx.doi.org/10.17312/harringtonparkpress/2016.11.flgbtsud.002
This chapter describes LGBT-specific risk factors for substance use that are superimposed on general risk factors. The confluence of factors helps explain the elevated rate of substance use for many LGBT individuals.