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The impact of AIDS on a gay community: Changes in sexual behavior, substance use, and mental health

  • Barbara Snell Dohrenwend Memorial Lecture
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American Journal of Community Psychology

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  1. Division of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University School of Public Health, 600 West 168 Street, 10032, New York, New York

    John L. Martin, Laura Dean, Marc Garcia & William Hall

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Editor's Note: The Division of Community Psychology of the American Psychological Association periodically invites distinguished researchers to present the Barbara Snell Dohrenwend Memorial Lecture at the annual meeting of the Association. Barbara was a Past-President and corecipient with Bruce Dohrenwend of the Division of Community Psychology Distinguished Contribution Award. This paper is based on a presentation made at the annual meeting in Atlanta, Georgia, August 1988.

This research was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (RO1 MH39557) and by the New York City Department of Health. The authors thank Bruce Dohrenwend, Patrick Shrout, Mary Clare Lennon, Deborah Hasin, and Jennifer Kelsey for their consultation and advice on the collection and analyses of these data. We also acknowledge the support of Jennifer Ho for her expert administrative assistance on all aspects of the project. Most important of all, thanks to the men in the gay community for their continued involvement and support of this project.

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Martin, J.L., Dean, L., Garcia, M. et al. The impact of AIDS on a gay community: Changes in sexual behavior, substance use, and mental health. Am J Commun Psychol 17, 269–293 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00931037

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