"40 & Forward": Preliminary Evaluation of a Group Intervention to Improve Mental Health Outcomes and Address HIV Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Older Gay and Bisexual Men

Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 523-545

  Reisner, Sari L ^a,b   O'Cleirigh, Conall ^a,c   Hendriksen, Ellen S ^a,c   McLain, Jennifer ^a   Ebin, Julie ^a   Lew, Katherine ^d   Callis, Barry ^d   Cranston, Kevin ^d   Carr, Robert ^d   Giovanniello, Chuck ^a   Gonzalez, Daniel ^a   VanDerwarker, Rodney ^a   Mimiaga, Matthew J ^a,b,c  

^a FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

depression; HIV; MSM; older age; social anxiety

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859045500     PISSN: 10538720     EISSN: 15404056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10538720.2011.611113     Document Type: Article

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