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ArticleCommunity mental health journal2021

Mental Health Services for Men Who Have Sex with Men in China.

Chunqing Lin, Li Li, Jun Liu, Xiaobing Fu, Yan Li

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Article in Community mental health journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 49% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Chunqing LinSemel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Center for Community Health, The University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA. lincq@ucla.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-3158-0020
Li LiSemel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Center for Community Health, The University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Jun LiuGuangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China.
Xiaobing FuGuangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China.
Yan LiGuangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China.
Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention · CNUniversity of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

UCLA Rapid, Relevant, Rigorous Implementation Science HubP30MH058107 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI Nina Thawata Harawa · 1997 to 2026
$53.5M
NIMH NIH HHS P30 MH058107
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study explores the presence of mental health challenges and related service utilization among MSM in China. An online cross-sectional survey recruited 520 MSM in Guangdong, China, to evaluate the participants' psychiatric symptoms, service fulfillment, and challenges. A high proportion of the participants experienced at least one psychiatric symptom in the past year, but less than half of their mental health service needs were fulfilled. The preferred agencies for mental health services were provincial and city-level general hospitals or primary health centers. Lack of knowledge and misconceptions of mental health services were the primary reasons for not receiving necessary services. Mental health service fulfillment was associated with younger age, lower education, higher income, local residency, cohabitation, and disclosure of MSM status. The high rate of mental health issues and gaps in service seeking indicates an urgent need to increase mental health awareness among MSM.

Indexed as

HIV InfectionsMental Health ServicesSexual and Gender MinoritiesChinaCross-Sectional StudiesHomosexuality, MaleHumansMaleSexual BehaviorChinaMental healthMen who have sex with menService utilization

Identifiers

PMID32594327
PMCPMC7765735
OpenAlexW3037516417

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