Michael Shernoff
Michael Shernoff | |
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Born | State University of New York at Stony Brook | March 31, 1951
Occupation | Psychotherapist |
Michael Shernoff (March 31, 1951 – June 17, 2008) was an American
Biography
Shernoff was born in
As a
He was diagnosed as HIV-positive in 1982, but lived free of AIDS symptoms. At the time of his death from pancreatic cancer in Manhattan in June 2008, his brother Jeffrey Shernoff told The New York Times that he found it ironic that after years of living with HIV infection, "He died of pancreatic cancer, which may not even be related."[1]
Professional contributions
Shernoff was an early volunteer for
Shernoff produced, following the AIDS death of a partner, an anthology entitled Gay Widowers: Life after the Death of a Partner[1] that ten years later was described as still being the only book to address the specific challenges of grief for gay men having lost their partners.[3]
Bibliography
Books
- Michael Shernoff and William Scott, editors, The Sourcebook on Lesbian/Gay Health Care, published by The National Lesbian/Gay Health Foundation, Washington, D.C., 1988, 425 pages, ISBN 978-0-9621128-0-5
- Michael Shernoff, editor, Counseling Chemically Dependent People With HIV Illness, published by Harrington Park Press, Binghamton, N.Y., 1992, ISBN 978-1-56023-016-8
- Walt Odets and Michael Shernoff, editors, Second Decade of Aids: A Mental Health Practice Handbook, Hatherleigh Press, 1995, 320 pages, ISBN 978-1-886330-00-9
- Michael Shernoff, editor, Human Services for Gay People, Taylor & Francis, Inc., 1996, 138 pages, ISBN 978-1-56024-754-8
- Michael Shernoff, editor, Gay Widowers: Life after the Death of a Partner, Haworth Press, 1997, 161 pages, ISBN 978-1-56023-105-9
- Michael Shernoff, editor, AIDS and Mental Health Practice: Clinical and Policy Issues, Taylor & Francis, Inc., 1999, 381 pages, ISBN 978-0-7890-0464-2
- Michael Shernoff and Raymond Smith, HIV Treatment: Mental Health Aspects of Antiviral Therapy, published by University of California San Francisco AIDS Health Project, 2000, ISBN 978-1-879168-04-6
- Michael Shernoff, Without Condoms: Unprotected Sex, Gay Men and ISBN 978-0-415-95024-4
Articles
- Stephan L. Buckingham and Michael Shernoff, Psychosocial Interventions in Persons with HIV-Associated Neuropsychiatric Compromise, In: A Mental Health Practitioner's Guide to the Neuropsychiatric Complications of HIV/AIDS, Guilford Publications; W. Van Gorp & S. Buckingham (Eds.), 1998
- Michael Shernoff, AIDS: The Therapist's Journey, in A Perilous Calling: The Hazards of Psychotherapy Practice, M. Sussman, Editor, 1994: John Wiley & Sons
- Michael Shernoff, Waiting for the Second Wave of Queer Psychotherapy, In The Family magazine, July 1996
- Michael Shernoff, Physicians Living with HIV/AIDS, The Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care, Volume 2, No. 11, November, 1996
- Michael Shernoff, Gay Marriage and Gay Widowhood, The Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review, V. IV, No.4, Fall 1997
- Michael Shernoff, Getting Started: Basic Skills for Effective Social Work with People with HIV and AIDS, In: HIV and Social Work: A Practitioner's Guide, David M. Aronstein and Bruce J. Thompson, Editors, 1998, The Haworth Press, Binghamton, N.Y.
- Michael Shernoff, Monogamy and Gay Men, Family Therapy Networker, March/April 1999
- Michael Shernoff, Condomless Sex: Mental Health Issues in Working With Gay Men Who have Unprotected Anal Intercourse, 5 Boroughs AIDS Mental Health Alliance, V. 5, No 3, Fall 2003
- Michael Shernoff, Gay Men and Unsafe Sex: Beyond a Knee Jerk Reaction, Social Work Today, V.3, No 17, December 2003
- Michael Shernoff, Dial-Up Gay Culture: What We Lose and What We Gain in the New Queer Zeitgeist, In the family magazine, V.10, No 4, April 2005
See also
- Long-term nonprogressors
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Michael Shernoff, 57, Gay-Health Therapist, Is Dead, The New York Times, June 21, 2008
- ^ a b c Michael Shernoff, MSW, LCSW, ACSW, Diplomate in Clinical Social Work - Michael Shernoff's website, accessed June 22, 2008
- ^ a b c d Steve Weinstein, Michael Shernoff, Pioneering Gay Psychotherapist Dies, Edge.com, June 19, 2008
- ^ Michael Shertoff, Michael Shernoff Ends Role at The Body's Ask the Experts Forums, TheBody.com, December 2003
- ^ When a Friend Has AIDS, by Dixie Beckham, Diego Lopez, Luis Palacios-Jimenez, Vincent Patti and Michael Shernoff (New York: Chelsea Psychotherapy Associates, 1989)
External links
- Michael Shernoff, Interview by Christopher Rice, The Advocate, January 17, 2006
- Unsafe at any speed? A therapist and author talks about harm reduction and barebacking, Gay.com interview with Shernoff (Link is down)