title: LGBTQ women and mental health "recovery".
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study investigated what women identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer (LGBTQ) think about mental health "recovery."
  
  
  METHODS
  We used a grounded theory analysis of 13 participant interviews.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Three novel critiques emerged, including rejection of mental health "recovery" based on participants' identities as "mad," sexual assault survivors, and/or LGBTQ.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  While a medicalized interpretation of "recovery" may not work for some women, alternative understandings, such as using "recovery" to heal from discrimination and demand systemic changes, have liberatory potential. It is essential that supporters discern and utilize each woman's chosen language.
authors.affiliation: McMaster University.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Das
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001727:Bisexuality / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D018452:Homosexuality, Female / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000523:psychology*; D063106:Transgender Persons / Q000523:psychology; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male