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The Potential to Promote Resilience: Piloting a Minority Stress-informed, GSA-based, Mental Health Promotion Program for LGBTQ Youth
This article describes the results of a pilot study to determine the feasibility and acceptability of a mental health promotion program that was developed to address minority stressors and promote coping skills among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) youth. It was hypothesized that the program would be feasible to implement within the context of a gay–straight alliance (GSA) and that GSA members would find the program acceptable (e.g., educational, enjoyable, helpful, and relevant). Participants included 10 members of a high school GSA in the northeastern United States. The program sessions were delivered during GSA meetings. The first session emphasized the identification of minority and general stressors, which was followed by a discussion of coping strategies. The remaining sessions emphasized the development of cognitive coping, affect regulation, and problem-solving skills. After each session, participants completed a 13-item feedback form. Ten items assessed acceptability and 3 open-ended items allowed participants to provide constructive feedback. Although the program was feasible to implement within the GSA setting, attendance at the sessions was variable. Those who attended the sessions reported them to be enjoyable, informative, relevant to their lives, and potentially helpful for other LGBTQ students. After revising the program, future research is needed to investigate its dissemination potential and determine whether the program can disrupt the minority stress–psychiatric distress relationship
The Birth of Semantics
We attempt here to trace the evolution of Frege’s thought about truth. What most frames the way we approach the problem is a recognition that hardly any of Frege’s most familiar claims about truth appear in his earliest work. We argue that Frege’s mature views about truth emerge from a fundamental re-thinking of the nature of logic instigated, in large part, by a sustained engagement with the work of George Boole and his followers, after the publication of Begriffsschrift and the appearance of critical reviews by members of the Boolean school
Piloting a Psychotherapy Group for Transgender Clients: Description and Clinical Considerations for Practitioners
The likelihood that a psychologist will work with a transgender client is greater today than ever before; however, many psychologists report being unfamiliar with the challenges faced by this population. Training programs provide minimal exposure to transgender issues by way of coursework and practicum experiences, and many barriers prevent transgender persons from accessing quality mental health care. The provision of group psychotherapy services in psychology training clinics may help reduce barriers to treatment, but there is little literature to guide professionals interested in facilitating such a group. In response, this article provides psychologists with a description of an experiential/process psychotherapy group for transgender clients that was offered at a university training clinic. Logistical aspects of forming the group are reviewed. Prominent themes that emerged over the course of three 12-session groups are discussed. Considerations for other professionals and training clinics interested in offering similar groups are also provided
Substance Use Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Clients Entering Substance Abuse Treatment: Comparisons to Heterosexual Clients
Objective: This study evaluated whether sexual orientation-specific differences in substance use behaviors exist among adults entering substance abuse treatment. Method: Admissions records (July 2007–December 2009) were examined for treatment programs in San Francisco, California receiving government funding. Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) persons (n = 1,441) were compared to heterosexual persons (n = 11,770) separately by sex, examining primary problem substance of abuse, route of administration, age of first use, and frequency of use prior to treatment. Results: Regarding bisexual males, the only significant finding of note was greater prevalence of methamphetamine as the primary substance of abuse. When compared to heterosexual men, gay and bisexual men evidenced greater rates of primary problem methamphetamine use (44.5% and 21.8%, respectively, vs. 7.7%, adjusted odds ratios [ORs] 6.43 and 2.94), and there was lower primary heroin use among gay men (9.3% vs. 25.8%, OR 0.35). Among LGB individuals, race and ethnicity did not predict primary problem substance, except that among LGB men and women, a non-White race predicted cocaine use (OR 4.83 and 6.40, respectively), and among lesbian and bisexual women, Hispanic ethnicity predicted lower odds of primary cocaine use (OR 0.24). When compared to heterosexual men, gay men were more likely to smoke their primary problem substance (OR 1.61), first used this substance at an older age (M = 23.16 vs. M = 18.55, p \u3c .001), and used this substance fewer days prior to treatment (M = 8.75 vs. M = 11.41, p \u3c .001). There were no differences between heterosexual and lesbian or bisexual women. Conclusions: There were unique patterns of substance use for gay and bisexual men entering substance abuse treatment, but women did not evidence differences. Gay men evidenced unique factors that may reflect less severity of use when entering treatment including fewer days of use and a later age of initiation of their primary problem substances. The results underscore the importance of being sensitive to differences between gay, bisexual, and heterosexual males when considering substance use disorders
Advances in Research with LGBTQ Youth in Schools
Over the past decade, there has been an increase in scholarship devoted to the topic of sexual and gender minority youth in schools (e.g., lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning; LGBTQ). In this special section, we highlight this group of LGBTQ youth, a group that needs as many allies as possible, a group that lacks the social standing, the financial capital necessary, and the rights afforded to adults to directly influence the political climate in ways that affect their lives. Collectively, these seven data-driven articles are reflective of the innovation that is occurring in our field as we continue to study the experiences of LGBTQ youth in schools. They also highlight how there is room to expand our research efforts to better ensure that the social, educational, and developmental needs of LGBTQ students are met by our schools
Minimal circuit for a flux-controlled Majorana qubit in a quantum spin-Hall insulator
We construct a minimal circuit, based on the top-transmon design, to rotate a
qubit formed out of four Majorana zero-modes at the edge of a two-dimensional
topological insulator. Unlike braiding operations, generic rotations have no
topological protection, but they do allow for a full characterization of the
coherence times of the Majorana qubit. The rotation is controlled by variation
of the flux through a pair of split Josephson junctions in a Cooper pair box,
without any need to adjust gate voltages. The Rabi oscillations of the Majorana
qubit can be monitored via oscillations in the resonance frequency of the
microwave cavity that encloses the Cooper pair box.Comment: Contribution for the proceedings of the Nobel Symposium on
topological insulators. 8 pages, 6 figure
Effects of disorder on Coulomb-assisted braiding of Majorana zero modes
Majorana zero modes in one-dimensional topological superconductors obey
non-Abelian braiding statistics. Braiding manipulations can be realized by
controlling Coulomb couplings in hybrid Majorana-transmon devices. However,
strong disorder may induce accidental Majorana modes, which are expected to
have detrimental effects on braiding statistics. Nevertheless, we show that the
Coulomb-assisted braiding protocol is efficiently realized also in the presence
of accidental modes. The errors occurring during the braiding cycle are small
if the couplings of the computational Majorana modes to the accidental ones are
much weaker than the maximum Coulomb coupling.Comment: 7 pages, 4 figures, this is the final, published versio
The angular resolution of the Pierre Auger Observatory
We discuss the angular resolution obtained for events registered with the
surface detector alone and for hybrid events, i.e., those observed
simultaneously by both the surface and fluorescence detectors. The angular
accuracy of the surface detector is directly extracted from the data itself and
on an event by event basis, and is given as a function of the number of
stations triggered by the event and of the zenith angle of the shower. We
compare the angular resolution of the surface detector obtained from hybrid
events with the one obtained from the surface detector alone.Comment: 6 pages, 8 figures. Presented at CRIS 2008, Malfa, Ital
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