Dallas T. Swendeman

Sexual and gender minority youth experience serious mental health risks, yet are not impacted by typically efficacious interventions: secondary mental health outcomes from randomized controlled trial (ATN 149).

BACKGROUND Sexual and gender minority youth (SGMY) often experience discrimination and stigma related to their sexual orientation or gender identity. This increases their vulnerability to HIV, poor mental health outcomes, including suicide, and low uptake of HIV prevention through bidirectional causal relationships tha...