Depression, substance abuse and stigma among men who have sex with men in coastal Kenya

AIDS

Volumn 29, Issue , 2015, Pages S251-S259

  Secor, Andrew M ^a   Wahome, Elizabeth ^b   Micheni, Murugi ^b   Rao, Deepa ^a   Simoni, Jane M ^a   Sanders, Eduard J ^b,c,d   Graham, Susan M ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e University of Amsterdam ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; HIV AIDS; homosexuality; Kenya; male; mental health; psychosocial; social stigma; substance related disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STIGMA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84947755719     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000000846     Document Type: Article

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