Stressful or traumatic life events, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, and HIV sexual risk taking among men who have sex with men

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1481-1489

  Reisner, Sari L ^a   Mimiaga, Matthew J ^a,b   Safren, Steven A ^a,b   Mayer, Kenneth H ^a,c  

^a FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; MSM; PTSD; STD; Stressful life events; Syndemics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PARESTHESIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949587533     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120902893258     Document Type: Article

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