Yi-Lung Chen,Yu-Ping Chang,Cheng-Fang Yen Yi-Lung Chen

This study investigates the mediating effect of intraminority gay community stress on the relationships between sexual minority stress and mental health problems-including loneliness, depression, anxiety, and suicidality-among gay and bisexual men (GBM) in Taiwan....Intraminority gay community stress was assessed using the Traditional Chinese Version of the Gay Community Stress Scale. The Homosexuality-Related Stigma Scale measured perceived familial sexual stigma....Intraminority gay community stress significantly mediated the effects of sexual minority stress on loneliness (regression coefficient = 0.34, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.21, 0.50), depression (regression coefficient = 1.43, 95% CI: 1.03, 1.93), anxiety (regression coefficient = 1.21, 95% CI: 0.85...The findings confirm that intraminority gay community stress acts as a mediator between sexual minority stress and mental health outcomes in GBM....Keywords: Intraminority gay community stress; bisexual; gay; psychological well-being; sexual minority stress.

Christine M Khosropour,Elise Healy,Emma M Murphy et al. Christine M Khosropour et al.

Key themes included: low awareness of and misconceptions about PrEP (e.g., PrEP is for gay men); perceived stigma about PrEP (e.g., PrEP implies multiple sexual partnerships); previous negative experiences seeking medical care (e.g., feeling judged); desire for healthcare settings to integrate PrEP as

Santos Castaneda,Ana Triguero-Martínez,Miren Uriarte-Ecenarro et al. Santos Castaneda et al.

Rocco Salvatore Calabrò Rocco Salvatore Calabrò

Michael Eduard L Labayandoy Michael Eduard L Labayandoy

Studies that examine how gay men see their professional selves is lacking, especially in the Philippine context....Unraveling how gay men see their professional selves is critical to contribute to the understanding of discourses on subject formation, from the subject themselves, in a particular social institution....This study drew data from in-depth interviews with 30 self-identified gay men from selected Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in the Philippines. The narratives were examined under the lenses of Foucault's idea of governmentality....The study reveals that the concept of a "professional gay self" undergoes a governmentalization process....Keywords: Professional gay self; gay faculty; governmentality; heteronormativity; higher educational institutions (HEIs); professionalism.

Francesca Gay,Edoardo Marchetti,Giuseppe Bertuglia Francesca Gay

Multiple myeloma (MM) is a hematologic malignancy characterized by the clonal proliferation of plasma cells in the bone marrow. The current treatment landscape for multiple myeloma involves a combination of proteasome inhibitors, immunomodu...

Yunda Huang,Lily Zhang,Huub Gelderblom et al. Yunda Huang et al.

Background: Pharmacokinetic (PK) modelling and simulations have been used to support label changes of dosing levels or strategies for multiple marketed therapeutic monoclonal antibodies (mAbs). Using data from early-phase...

Cristina Rovira-Gay,Marc Argilés,Luis Pérez-Maña et al. Cristina Rovira-Gay et al.

Purpose: This study aims to evaluate the efficacy of a new method for measuring the near point of convergence (NPC) using a Nonius polarized target stimulus, comparing its sensitivity in detecting convergence ability to t...

Cecilia Bandini,Elisabetta Mereu,Tina Paradzik et al. Cecilia Bandini et al.

Juan Rafael Albertorio-Diaz,Christopher W Wheldon Juan Rafael Albertorio-Diaz

There were several disparities across sociodemographic groups (e.g., lesbian and gay individuals), those with social isolation proxies (e.g., never married), those with poor health, and general and chronic health conditions....In a fully adjusted model, younger age, lower income, gay or lesbian identity, being divorced or widowed, short sleep duration, and depression were consistently associated with higher odds of moderate-severe loneliness states.