Suicidality, clinical depression, and anxiety disorders are highly prevalent in men who have sex with men in Mumbai, India: Findings from a community-recruited sample

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 450-462

  Sivasubramanian, Murugesan ^a   Mimiaga, Matthew J ^b,c   Mayer, Kenneth H ^b,d   Anand, Vivek R ^a   Johnson, Carey V ^b   Prabhugate, Priti ^a   Safren, Steven A ^b,c  

^a The Humsafar Trust   (India)

^b FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; depression; India; men who have sex with men (MSM); mental health; Mumbai; suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960668447     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548506.2011.554645     Document Type: Article

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