Sexual revictimization among sexual minorities: A preliminary study

Heidt, Jennifer M.; Marx, Brian P.; Gold, Sari D.

doi:10.1002/jts.20061

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“…HIV-infected men who have sex with men (MSM) represent an additional population where PTSD is over-represented. In MSM, the most common trauma studied is CSA (Lenderking et al, 1997), and there is evidence that MSM with a history of CSA are more likely to be at risk for re-victimization through adult sexual assault (Heidt, Marx, & Gold, 2005). Among the many factors that contribute to HIV-infected vulnerability to PTSD, HIV-related stigma stands out as a key catalyst and precursor to interpersonal violence and trauma associated with PTSD (e.g., Breet, Kagee, & Seedat, 2014).…”

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Future Directions for Interventions Targeting PTSD in HIV-infected Adults

Applebaum¹,

Bedoya

Hendriksen³

et al. 2015

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care

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Although studies consistently report high rates of comorbid Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and HIV infection, development and testing of PTSD treatment interventions in HIV-infected adults is limited. As such, the purpose of this review was twofold. First, this review augments the 3 existing reviews of research for PTSD in HIV-infected adults conducted within the past 10 years. We found 2 empirically supported cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT)-based interventions for the treatment of trauma-related symptoms in HIV-infected adults. Due to the continued limited number of effective interventions for this population, a second aim of our review was to draw from the expansive field of effective PTSD interventions for the general population to propose ways that future clinical intervention research may be tailored for HIV-infected adults. Therefore, in addition to a review, we conceptualized this paper as an opportunity to generate an ideal preview of the field of intervention research in this population.

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Future Directions for Interventions Targeting PTSD in HIV-infected Adults

Applebaum¹,

Bedoya

Hendriksen³

et al. 2015

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care

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“…In fact, in the aforementioned emergency department study, the majority of men patients treated (61%) were between the ages of 0 and 9. The prevalence of men adult sexual assault is thought to be lower, between 0.8% and 7% (Elliott, Doris, & John, 2004;Sorenson, Stein, Siegel, Golding, & Burnam, 1987;Tjaden & Thoennes, 2006), with rates as high as 17% in gay or bisexual men (Heidt, Marx, & Gold, 2005) and 20% in men veterans being treated for combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder (Butterfield et al, 2005). However, a number of factors including differences in definitions of sexual assault and underreporting are likely to affect the accuracy of these statistics.…”

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Help-Seeking Behaviors of Men Sexual Assault Survivors

Masho

Alvanzo

2009

Am J Mens Health

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Men sexual assault is a serious public health issue that is mostly underreported and unrecognized. Despite serious deleterious effects of sexual assault, most men victims do not seek professional help. This study was conducted to examine predictors of help-seeking practices among 91 men sexual assault survivors from a population-based survey. The study showed only 17.6% of the victims sought professional help. Logistic regression analysis demonstrated that physical injury (OR = 6.58, 95% CI = 1.08-40.19), perpetration by family or friend (OR = 6.42, 95% CI = 1.47-28.04), history of rape before the age of 18 (OR = 0.43, 95% CI = 0.11-1.69), and threat at the time of incident (OR = 7.08, 95% CI = 1.52-33.03) were significant predictors of help-seeking practices. This study confirms that the majority of men sexual assault victims do not seek professional help. Victims with physical injury or threat were more likely to seek help. Further study should investigate barriers for help-seeking practices. Efforts should be made to reach men with a history of sexual assault.

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“…Discrimination was positively associated with a diagnosis of any psychiatric disorder (OR = 1.6; Mays & Cochran, 2001). Heidt, Marx, and Gold (2005) found that 63% of lesbian, gay, and bisexual men and women had experienced some form of sexual violence and that sexual violence was associated with an increased risk of depression and PTSD. Herek, Gillis, and Cogan (1999) and Hershberger and D'Augelli (1995) also confirmed that gay-related harassment and physical abuse was associated with depression, anxiety, and other mental health…”

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The Relationship Between Bias-Related Victimization and Generalized Anxiety Disorder Among American Indian and Alaska Native Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Two-Spirit Community Members

Parker¹,

Duran²,

Walters³

2017

IJIH

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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, two-spirit, and American Indian and Alaska Native community members share long histories of discrimination and poorer health status as compared to mainstream Americans. In particular, these groups experience bias-related victimization, a type of discrimination based on inherent traits such as race or ethnicity and sexual orientation. This cross-sectional study (N = 334) used a revised bias-related victimization measure and examined the relationship between self-reported bias-related victimization and generalized anxiety disorder, depression, and substance abuse among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and two-spirit American Indians and Alaska Natives. The results showed that 84.4% reported experiencing bias-related victimization. Those with the highest levels of bias-related victimization had 2.79 times (p = .009; 95% CI [1. 30, 6.02]) the risk of reporting symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder as compared to those with no bias-related victimization, controlling for income, education, sex, age, sexual orientation, and chronic disease. There was no significant relationship between bias-related victimization and major depression or substance dependence/abuse. Our results support a potential relationship between bias-related victimization and generalized anxiety disorder for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and two-spirit American Indians and Alaska Natives. Including diverse populations in research is essential to a better understanding of the impact on health outcomes. Inclusion of bias-related victimization questions in clinical treatment may help identify at-risk patients.

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Sexual revictimization among sexual minorities: A preliminary study

Cited by 81 publications

References 38 publications

Future Directions for Interventions Targeting PTSD in HIV-infected Adults

Future Directions for Interventions Targeting PTSD in HIV-infected Adults

Help-Seeking Behaviors of Men Sexual Assault Survivors

The Relationship Between Bias-Related Victimization and Generalized Anxiety Disorder Among American Indian and Alaska Native Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Two-Spirit Community Members

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