Treatment of gay men for post-trmatic strs disorr rultg om social ostracism and ridicule: gnive behavr therapy and eye movement sensizatn and reprocsg approach - PubMed

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• HIGHER RISK OF PTSD FOR GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL, ‘MOSTLY HETEROSEXUAL’ YOUTH
• TREATMENT OF GAY MEN FOR POST-TRMATIC STRS DISORR RULTG OM SOCIAL OSTRACISM AND RIDICULE: GNIVE BEHAVR THERAPY AND EYE MOVEMENT SENSIZATN AND REPROCSG APPROACH
• “GAY IS GOOD”: HISTORY OF HOMOSEXUALY THE DSM AND MORN PSYCHIATRY
• MENTAL HEALTH LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR (LGBT) YOUTH
• GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL AND ‘MOSTLY HETEROSEXUAL’ YOUNG ADULTS HAVE HIGHER RISK OF PTSD THAN HETEROSEXUALS

HIGHER RISK OF PTSD FOR GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL, ‘MOSTLY HETEROSEXUAL’ YOUTH

Higher prevalence of posttrmatic strs disorr (PTSD), a bilatg mental illns that n have life-long negative nsequenc, has been found young adult gay men, lbians, bisexuals, and “mostly heterosexuals” pared wh pletely heterosexuals at nsirably younger ag than prevly intified, acrdg to a new study by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and Boston Children’s Hospal rearchers. Gay men, lbians, bisexuals, “mostly heterosexuals, ” and heterosexuals who have ever had a same-sex sex partner were found to be one-and-a-half to two tim as likely to experience vlent events, pecially childhood, than the general populatn and have double the risk of experiencg PTSD as a nsequence. 1, 7, 8AbstractPurpose of reviewTrma exposure is wispread but is pecially mon among lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) dividuals.

Epimlogil data suggts that dividuals who intify as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, or queer (LGBTQ) experience trma, cludg vlence and victimizatn, at higher rat than the general populatn [4–7]. Internalized Homophobia Sle9Measure of distrs experienced by gay and bisexual men relatn to their sexual inti over the past GM, Gillis JR, Cogan JC. A se scriptn of applitn of CPT followg an anti-gay physil asslt monstrat the e of CPT to addrs PTSD symptoms addn to ternalized homophobia [55].

TREATMENT OF GAY MEN FOR POST-TRMATIC STRS DISORR RULTG OM SOCIAL OSTRACISM AND RIDICULE: GNIVE BEHAVR THERAPY AND EYE MOVEMENT SENSIZATN AND REPROCSG APPROACH

In the ial walist-ntrolled pilot trial of ESTEEM treatment among 63 gay and bisexual men, rults monstrated improved prsn, alhol e, and sexual risk-takg out for those unrgog the treatment [56].

“GAY IS GOOD”: HISTORY OF HOMOSEXUALY THE DSM AND MORN PSYCHIATRY

Rults provid prelimary support for the efficy of an emotn-foced terventn to rce anxiety and prsn among gay and bisexual men [57•] the field stands, most attempts to velop targeted terventns for this populatn have foced on gay and bisexual men, and specifilly on sexual risk-takg and related symptoms of anxiety, prsn, and substance e which are associated wh HIV transmissn. Lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr veterans' experienc of discrimatn health re and their relatn to health out: a pilot study examg the moratg role of provir munitn. LGB-affirmative gnive-behavral therapy for young adult gay and bisexual men: a randomized ntrolled trial of a transdiagnostic mory strs approach.

MENTAL HEALTH LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENR (LGBT) YOUTH

Feasibily of an emotn regulatn terventn to improve mental health and rce HIV transmissn risk behavrs for HIV-posive gay and bisexual men wh sexual pulsivy.

Nearly 40 percent of LGBTQ+ adults had a mental illns the past year, 30 to 40 percent of gay men reportedly have a substance abe problem.

GAY, LBIAN, BISEXUAL AND ‘MOSTLY HETEROSEXUAL’ YOUNG ADULTS HAVE HIGHER RISK OF PTSD THAN HETEROSEXUALS

Treatment of gay men for post-trmatic strs disorr rultg om social ostracism and ridicule: gnive behavr therapy and eye movement sensizatn and reprocsg approach.

This report scrib the clil treatment of a sample of four gay men sufferg om Post-Trmatic Strs Disorr (PTSD) attributed to their repeated experienc wh peer ridicule and ostracism throughout childhood and adolcence, ed by their genr variant appearance and behavr.