Open AccessSexual Compulsivity, Co-Occurring Psychosocial Health Problems, and HIV Risk Among Gay and Bisexual Men: Further Evidence of a Syndemic
Author(s) -
Jeffrey T. Parsons,
Christian Grov,
Sarit A. Golub
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2011.300284
Subject(s) - syndemic , psychosocial , men who have sex with men , psychology , psychological intervention , logistic regression , sexual abuse , clinical psychology , sexual minority , demography , public health , poison control , medicine , psychiatry , lesbian , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , environmental health , suicide prevention , syphilis , sociology , nursing , family medicine , psychoanalysis
We evaluated whether sexual compulsivity fits into a syndemic framework, in which sexual compulsivity is one of a number of co-occurring psychosocial health problems that increase HIV risk among men who have sex with men (MSM).