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Contextualizing Evidence-Based Approaches for Treating Traumatic Life Experiences and Posttraumatic Stress Responses Among Sexual Minority Men

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Sexual minority men (SMM), including gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men, experience disproportionately high rates of trauma, including childhood sexual abuse (CSA), intimate partner violence, and chronic trauma in the form of stigma and discrimination. In this chapter we will (1) broadly explore trauma including types of trauma impacting SMM, (e.g., CSA, intimate partner violence, stigma, and discrimination); (2) briefly review existing evidence-based trauma treatments and their limitations for SMM; (3) present a treatment rationale, description, and preliminary results for cognitive behavioral therapy for trauma and self-care (CBT-TSC), an intervention that aims to address trauma and sexual health concerns among SMM; and (4) discuss implications of and future directions for CBT-TSC.

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O’Cleirigh, C., Batchelder, A.W., McKetchnie, S.M. (2021). Contextualizing Evidence-Based Approaches for Treating Traumatic Life Experiences and Posttraumatic Stress Responses Among Sexual Minority Men. In: Lund, E.M., Burgess, C., Johnson, A.J. (eds) Violence Against LGBTQ+ Persons. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52612-2_11

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