Open AccessA Syndemic of Psychosocial Health Disparities and Associations With Risk for Attempting Suicide Among Young Sexual Minority Men
Author(s) -
Brian Mustanski,
Rebecca Andrews,
Amy L. Herrick,
Ron Stall,
Phillip W. Schnarrs
Publication year - 2014
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.2013.301744
Subject(s) - syndemic , psychosocial , men who have sex with men , sexual minority , odds ratio , medicine , psychological intervention , poison control , logistic regression , confidence interval , demography , environmental health , public health , psychology , psychiatry , sexual orientation , syphilis , social psychology , sociology , family medicine , nursing , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)
We examined a syndemic of psychosocial health issues among young men who have sex with men (MSM), with men and women (MSMW), and with women (MSW). We examined hypothesized drivers of syndemic production and effects on suicide attempts.