The mental health of older LGBT adults

BC Yarns, JM Abrams, TW Meeks, DD Sewell - Current psychiatry reports, 2016 - Springer
There are approximately one million older lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT)
adults in the USA. Their mental health issues result from interactions between genetic …

The impact of alcohol use and related disorders on the HIV continuum of care: a systematic review: alcohol and the HIV continuum of care

P Vagenas, MM Azar, MM Copenhaver… - Current HIV/AIDS …, 2015 - Springer
Alcohol use is highly prevalent globally with numerous negative consequences to human
health, including HIV progression, in people living with HIV (PLH). The HIV continuum of …

Drinking trajectories among HIV-infected men who have sex with men: a cohort study of United States veterans

BDL Marshall, D Operario, KJ Bryant, RL Cook… - Drug and alcohol …, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Although high rates of alcohol consumption and related problems have been
observed among HIV-infected men who have sex with men (MSM), little is known about the …

ReACH2Gether: Iterative development of a couples-based intervention to reduce alcohol use among sexual minority men living with HIV and their partners

KE Gamarel, A Durst, DG Zelaya, JJ van den Berg… - AIDS and Behavior, 2024 - Springer
Unhealthy alcohol use, which encompasses heavy episodic drinking to alcohol use
disorder, has been identified as a modifiable barrier to optimal HIV care continuum …

Lifetime doctor-diagnosed mental health conditions and current substance use among gay and bisexual men living in Vancouver, Canada

NJ Lachowsky, JJS Dulai, Z Cui, P Sereda… - Substance use & …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Studies have found that gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men
(GBM) have higher rates of mental health conditions and substance use than heterosexual …

How alcohol influences mechanisms of sexual risk behavior change: Contributions of alcohol challenge research to the development of hiv prevention interventions

TP Palfai, P Luehring-Jones - AIDS and Behavior, 2021 - Springer
This paper examines the contributions of laboratory-based alcohol challenge research
(ACR) to the development of HIV prevention interventions. Following a brief overview of HIV …

Heavy drinking trajectories among men who have sex with men: A longitudinal, group‐based analysis

BDL Marshall, JA Shoveller, CW Kahler… - Alcoholism: clinical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Background Heavy episodic drinking (HED) is associated with sexual risk behavior and HIV
seroconversion among men who have sex with men (MSM), yet few studies have examined …

Associations Between Alcohol Use, Antiretroviral Therapy Use, and Viral Load Suppression Among People Living with HIV in Rural Central Uganda

A Wynn, KM Sileo, K Schmarje Crockett, R Naigino… - AIDS and Behavior, 2024 - Springer
Alcohol use among people living with HIV (PWH) is common and may negatively affect
engagement in HIV care. We evaluated the relationships between alcohol use, ART use …

Effects of sex and alcohol use on antiretroviral therapy outcomes in Botswana: a cohort study

R Gross, SL Bellamy, B Ratshaa, X Han… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aims To determine alcohol use effect on HIV treatment success and whether alcohol use
mediates the relation between male sex and treatment failure. Design Longitudinal cohort …

Anxiety sensitivity and hazardous drinking among persons living with HIV/AIDS: An examination of the role of emotion dysregulation

DJ Paulus, C Jardin, J Bakhshaie, C Sharp… - Addictive …, 2016 - Elsevier
Hazardous drinking is prevalent among persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). Anxiety
sensitivity is a vulnerability factor that is highly associated with hazardous drinking among …