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ArticleAIDS and behavior2017

Feasibility of an Emotion Regulation Intervention to Improve Mental Health and Reduce HIV Transmission Risk Behaviors for HIV-Positive Gay and Bisexual Men with Sexual Compulsivity.

Jeffrey T Parsons, H Jonathon Rendina, Raymond L Moody, Sitaji Gurung, Tyrel J Starks, John E Pachankis

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Article in AIDS and behavior, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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32 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jeffrey T ParsonsCenter for HIV/AIDS Educational Studies and Training, Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY), New York, NY, USA. Jeffrey.Parsons@hunter.cuny.edu.
H Jonathon RendinaCenter for HIV/AIDS Educational Studies and Training, Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY), New York, NY, USA.
Raymond L MoodyCenter for HIV/AIDS Educational Studies and Training, Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY), New York, NY, USA.
Sitaji GurungCenter for HIV/AIDS Educational Studies and Training, Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY), New York, NY, USA.
Tyrel J StarksCenter for HIV/AIDS Educational Studies and Training, Hunter College of the City University of New York (CUNY), New York, NY, USA.
John E PachankisDepartment of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA.
Hunter College · USCity University of New York · USYale University · US

Funding

Yale Clinical and Translational Science Award (U Component)UL1TR001863 · NCATS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI John H. Krystal, LUCILA OHNO-MACHADO · 2016 to 2026
$102.9M
Syndemics and resilience for HIV transmission in a national sample of vulnerableR01DA036466 · NIDA · HUNTER COLLEGE · PI GROV, CHRISTIAN, RENDINA, H. JONATHON · 2013 to 2017
$3.4M
Developing a mobile emotion regulation intervention for HIV-positive menK01DA039030 · NIDA · HUNTER COLLEGE · PI RENDINA, H. JONATHON · 2015 to 2018
$743k
Intervention Development for Social Stress, Mental Health, and HIV Risk Among MSMR34MH096607 · NIMH · YESHIVA UNIVERSITY · PI PACHANKIS, JOHN EDWARD · 2012 to 2014
$729k
The Role of Attentional Processes in the Associations between Syndemics and HIV RiskR36DA043398 · NIDA · HUNTER COLLEGE · PI MOODY, RAYMOND LEE · 2017 to 2018
$156k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001863NIDA NIH HHS K01 DA039030NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA036466NIDA NIH HHS R36 DA043398NIMH NIH HHS R34 MH096607
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gay and bisexual men (GBM) report high rates of sexual compulsivity (SC), yet no empirically based treatments exist. An intervention based on the Unified Protocol for the Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders was pilot tested in a sample of 13 HIV-positive GBM with SC. Participants completed a baseline interview, and were offered up to ten intervention sessions. Of those, 11 completed a 3-month follow-up assessment. Despite problems with session attendance (only 4 men completed all 10 sessions), improvements were observed in all psychological outcomes, including SC, depression, and anxiety. Decreases were observed in drug use and HIV risk. The Unified Protocol may be useful in improving the health of HIV-positive GBM, however challenges with session attendance must be addressed. Future work should consider if fewer sessions produce similar results, whether barriers to attending all sessions could be alleviated, and how the intervention would perform compared to treatments.

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Compulsive BehaviorEmotionsMental HealthAdultBisexualityHIV InfectionsHIV SeropositivityHomosexuality, MaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRisk-TakingSexual PartnersSubstance-Related DisordersCognitive behavioral therapyGay and bisexual menHIV-positiveMental healthSexual compulsivity

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PMID27573858
PMCPMC5332525
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