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Focuses on the treatment of mentally ill lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people in the United States public mental health sector. Role of government in relation to mental illness and sexuality; History of state-funded asylums in the U.S.; Reference to the Public Health Service Act of 1944; Influence of the government over the parameters of treatment through regulations, guidelines, licensing, and accreditation; Statement that those in politically powerful positions can transmit their ethical values through the choices they make when they vote on governmental budget allocations, grants, funds, and related legislature; Challenges of developing focused mental health programs for LGBT, including issues of religious belief, government, science, civil rights, sexuality and mental health; History of the treatment of homosexuality as an illness; Suggestion that definitions of sanity are linked to social and cultural norms; Reference to articles found in the July 2004 issue of the "Journal of Gay & Lesbian Psychotherapy" regarding the history and status of mental health services for LGBT.

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Vol. 8 Issue 3/4, p1-9 9p