2022
About Treatments ThatWork™
Pachankis J, Harkness A, Jackson S, Safren S. About Treatments ThatWork™. 2022, v-cp.p13. DOI: 10.1093/med-psych/9780197643303.002.0007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCognitive behavioral therapy techniquesBasic psychological processesLGBTQ clientsSubstance use problemsMental health practitionersMental health challengesPsychological processesDistinct stressorsPsychological distressUse problemsTherapy techniquesUnique needsLGBTQ individualsStressorsHealth practitionersClientsWorkbookAnxietyDistressTherapistsSkillsBeingDepressionHealth challengesIndividualsForms and Worksheets
Pachankis J, Harkness A, Jackson S, Safren S. Forms and Worksheets. 2022 DOI: 10.1093/med-psych/9780197643303.005.0001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCognitive behavioral therapy techniquesBasic psychological processesLGBTQ clientsSubstance use problemsMental health practitionersMental health challengesPsychological processesDistinct stressorsPsychological distressUse problemsTherapy techniquesUnique needsLGBTQ individualsStressorsHealth practitionersClientsWorkbookAnxietyDistressTherapistsSkillsBeingDepressionHealth challengesIndividuals
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
2020
Has depression surpassed HIV as a burden to gay and bisexual men’s health in the United States? A comparative modeling study
Bromberg DJ, Paltiel AD, Busch SH, Pachankis JE. Has depression surpassed HIV as a burden to gay and bisexual men’s health in the United States? A comparative modeling study. Social Psychiatry And Psychiatric Epidemiology 2020, 56: 273-282. PMID: 32785755, PMCID: PMC7870461, DOI: 10.1007/s00127-020-01938-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedical Monitoring ProjectMajor depressive episodeBisexual menDepressive episodeDisability weightsHIV preventionPast-year major depressive episodeMorbidity of HIVPrevalence of HIVHigh-risk groupHigh-risk populationPublic health challengeAdult gayBisexual men’s healthDepression morbidityCalendar year 2015Comprehensive careRisk groupsGlobal burdenHIVSexual minority menAdult menDrug useHealth challengesMen's health
2016
Older Age Associated with Mental Health Resiliency in Sexual Minority US Veterans
Monin JK, Mota N, Levy B, Pachankis J, Pietrzak RH. Older Age Associated with Mental Health Resiliency in Sexual Minority US Veterans. American Journal Of Geriatric Psychiatry 2016, 25: 81-90. PMID: 27769835, PMCID: PMC5291307, DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2016.09.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental health problemsLGB veteransHealth problemsU.S. veteransDifferent mental health challengesMental health needsMental health indicatorsMental health resiliencyUS veteransYoung sexual minoritiesMental health challengesLifetime depressionCurrent depressionAge AssociatedHealth needsGreater riskTrauma exposureHealth challengesSmaller social support networksPotential mechanismsHealth indicatorsVeteransMilitary characteristicsSocial isolationHeterosexual veterans