LGBQ-affirmative cognitive-behavioral therapy for young gay and bisexual men's mental and sexual health: A three-arm randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Effective Skills to Empower Effective Men (ESTEEM) represents the first intervention to address the psychological pathways through which minority stress undermines young sexual minority men's (SMM's) mental and sexual health using transdiagnostic cognitive-behavioral therapy. This study compared the efficacy of ESTEEM against two existing interventions.

Method

Participants were young HIV-negative SMM (N = 254; ages = 18-35; 67.2% racial/ethnic minority) experiencing a depression, anxiety, and/or stress-/trauma-related disorder and past-90-day HIV transmission risk behavior. After completing HIV testing and counseling, participants were randomized to receive 10-session ESTEEM (n = 100); 10-session community-based LGBQ-affirmative counseling (n =

SUBMITTER: Pachankis JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9446477 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature