Mental Health Issues of HIV-Negative Gay Men

These words were spoken in a therapy session by a high-functioning, intelligent, and successful gay man. This patient was suffering from the physical pain of a shingles episode and he was anxious about whether this meant he was HIV-positive. He was obsessively reviewing his sexual past to make sure...

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1. Verfasser:	Ariel Shidlo
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Sprache:	eng
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Zusammenfassung:	These words were spoken in a therapy session by a high-functioning, intelligent, and successful gay man. This patient was suffering from the physical pain of a shingles episode and he was anxious about whether this meant he was HIV-positive. He was obsessively reviewing his sexual past to make sure that he had not done anything “risky,” questioning whether the shingles inflammation was a sign from God to stop having sex with other men, and revisiting internalized homophobia that associated being gay with disease and punishment. This HIV-negative gay man was angry. His recent experience of dating a man, falling in