Relations between sexually transmitted infection diagnosis and sexual compulsivity in a community-based sample of men who have sex with men

2008 ◽  
Vol 84 (4) ◽  
pp. 324-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
B Dodge ◽  
M Reece ◽  
D Herbenick ◽  
C Fisher ◽  
S Satinsky ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexually Transmitted Infection ◽  
Sexual Compulsivity ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Transmitted Infection ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Infection Diagnosis ◽  
Sex With Men

Recent anxiety symptoms and drug use associated with sexually transmitted infection diagnosis among an online US sample of men who have sex with men

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (12) ◽  
pp. 2799-2812 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin J Downing ◽  
Mary Ann Chiasson ◽  
Sabina Hirshfield
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Sexually Transmitted Infection ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Anxiety Symptoms ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Transmitted Infection ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Causal Pathways ◽  
Infection Diagnosis ◽  
Sex With Men

The extent to which mental health problems, including current anxiety and depressive symptoms, may co-occur, or are associated, with the acquisition of sexually transmitted infections other than HIV remains largely unexplored among men who have sex with men. In a cross-sectional survey of 8,381 US men who have sex with men recruited from a sexual networking website, 15 percent reported a past 60-day sexually transmitted infection diagnosis. Among HIV-negative men, increased odds of reporting a sexually transmitted infection were associated with current anxiety symptoms and past 60-day drug use. Findings underscore the need to better understand causal pathways among anxiety, drug use, and sexually transmitted infection acquisition and transmission among men who have sex with men.

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