2022
A Pilot Test of a Treatment to Address Intersectional Stigma, Mental Health, and HIV Risk Among Gay and Bisexual Men of Color
Jackson SD, Wagner KR, Yepes M, Harvey TD, Higginbottom J, Pachankis JE. A Pilot Test of a Treatment to Address Intersectional Stigma, Mental Health, and HIV Risk Among Gay and Bisexual Men of Color. Psychotherapy 2022, 59: 96-112. PMID: 35025569, PMCID: PMC9345305, DOI: 10.1037/pst0000417.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStigma copingMental healthMinority stressHIV riskCognitive-behavioral treatmentStigma-related stressorsSexual healthCondom use efficacyCo-occurring health risksSexual minority stressHuman immunodeficiency virusHealth risksGroup therapy treatmentIntersectional stigmaMental health risksSexual health risksGroup treatmentOpen pilotYoung blacksPosttreatment assessmentPartial supportImmunodeficiency virusSexual compulsivityAlcohol useTreatment length
2021
Stigma, displacement stressors and psychiatric morbidity among displaced Syrian men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women: a cross-sectional study in Lebanon
Clark K, Pachankis J, Khoshnood K, Bränström R, Seal D, Khoury D, Fouad FM, Barbour R, Heimer R. Stigma, displacement stressors and psychiatric morbidity among displaced Syrian men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women: a cross-sectional study in Lebanon. BMJ Open 2021, 11: e046996. PMID: 33986065, PMCID: PMC8126317, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046996.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPsychiatric morbidityPost-traumatic stress disorderTransgender womenStigma-related stressorsStress disorderCross-sectional studyRespondent-driven samplingPsychiatric comorbidityMental health challengesPsychiatric outcomesMorbiditySevere anxietySociodemographic characteristicsHealth challengesMSMGreater BeirutWomenMenLebanese participantsSyrian menTotal sampleDisordersDepressionPerson surveyParticipants