Open AccessApplying network analysis to psychological comorbidity and health behavior: Depression, PTSD, and sexual risk in sexual minority men with trauma histories.
Author(s) -
Karmel W. Choi,
Abigail Batchelder,
Peter P. Ehlinger,
Steven A. Safren,
Conall O’Cleirigh
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of consulting and clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.582
H-Index - 240
eISSN - 1939-2117
pISSN - 0022-006X
DOI - 10.1037/ccp0000241
Subject(s) - comorbidity , psychology , clinical psychology , depression (economics) , men who have sex with men , psychiatry , sexual abuse , poison control , injury prevention , medicine , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , syphilis , family medicine , economics , macroeconomics , environmental health
High rates of depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) contribute to sexual risk, particularly in men who have sex with men (MSM) who have experienced childhood sexual abuse. The comorbidity between depression and PTSD and mechanisms by which they contribute to sexual risk in MSM remain unclear. This study sought to demonstrate the feasibility and utility of a network approach to (a) characterize symptom interconnections between depression and PTSD in MSM, (b) identify specific symptoms related to sexual risk behavior, and (c) compare symptom networks across groups at different levels of risk.