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100			_aRanade, Ketki _936359
245			_aTaboo, rehabilitation or affirmation? Arguing for shifts in the emerging discourse on queer mental health in India
260			_aThe Indian Journal of Social Work
300			_a83(2), Apr, 2022: p.143-164
520			_aPsy disciplines1 have historically had an ambivalent relationship with the queer subject. In recent years, in response to a range of social, legal and policy changes vis-à-vis LGBT rights, there has been a growing interest about LGBT mental health among mental health professionals in India. This article will trace the changing nature of queer talk among mental health professionals in India and comment on two emerging approaches to queer mental health. One of these, the queer-friendly approach, I argue draws on and extends the existing public health approach that medicalises and seeks to rehabilitate non-normative genders and sexualities. The queer affirmative approach on the other hand seeks to draw from interdisciplinary and multi-vocal praxis2 to frame queer mental health. Possible relationship between these two approaches is discussed in the concluding section.- Reproduced
650			_aQueer, affirmative metical health, Queer, affirmative counseling practice (QACP), LGBT mental health, LGBT psychology, Depathologisation of homosexuality. _934455
773			_aThe Indian Journal of Social Work
906			_aMENTAL HEALTH
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