The LGBT Community Health Care System

The LGBT Community

Rodney Thomas Sr.

Western International University

Behavior Health Care Systems

BEH-450-3862

Professor George Brackman

February 12, 2018 The LGBT Community Community health reformers claim that they could implement services in communities in part because of the advent of new medications used to treat depression and psychosis (Ritter L. & Manly L. S. 2012). Apparently it doesn’t matter which community is involved, addiction is a problem in which nobody likes to talk about. Individuals often shy away from the concerns and attitudes towards addiction that is very controversial (Colgan, S. 2017). For the LGBT community, they face many obstacles in the treatment for addiction that straight suffers does not. In co-occurring

Addictions can cause mental health concerns which there three main factors are affecting the health of certain communities which include social, physical and cultural issues (Ritter, L. & Manly L. S. 2012). In addition, ongoing discrimination and prejudice against queer people contribute to the LGBT and the communities struggle with anxiety, stress and depression (Colgan, S. 2017). In order to cope with such problems, LGBT members often resort to self-medication with substances. Culture and mental health are integrated, with physical and mental health. Prevention and treating mental health problems and disorders are essential, because mental health is a core component in people’s lives. In regarding stressors and mental illness, in world consistently reminding members and individuals or the LGBT, it’s not surprising why so many suffer from severe anxiety and

Whether it is in rural, intercity, or suburban area many of these residents feel the same way about lesbian and gay couples in their neighborhoods., in fact most people outside the LGBT believes members shouldn’t receive the same health treatments or have equal programs for addiction and health care counseling programs because of the category of people they are recognized and labeled. Regardless of gender, race or ethnicity, from a public health perspective community health entails the development and delivering of progress for defines groups of people to protect and treat mental and physical health problems. Many other cultural and social factors include issues such as socioeconomic status, the fast pace of urban development and the availability of social and medical services, crime rates and informal neighboring (Ritter, L. & Manly L. S. 2012). An overall approach to stigma reduction involves programs of community advocacy, research, public education and contact with person’s mental illness. Regardless of culture or sexual identity, community health and abuse programs should accommodate those who are at the hands of substance abuse and mental health