Publications by authors named "Linda Teplin"

Partnership status among sexual minority men (SMM) is a potentially important yet underexplored predictor of cognitive functioning. Using data from the understanding patterns of healthy aging among men who have sex with men substudy of the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study, we assessed the associations of partnership status and quality with cognitive performance in middle-aged and older SMM, adjusting for sociodemographic and clinical covariates. Partnership status was classified into four types: "only a primary partnership," "only a secondary partnership," "both a primary and secondary relationship," and "neither a primary nor secondary relationship.

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Sexual minority men (SMM) in the US are twice as likely to experience mental health challenges, including depressive symptoms, compared with their heterosexual counterparts. Having a like-mentor, or a sexual minority mentor, is associated with improved mental well-being among SMM mentees. However, few studies have explored the potential benefits to mentors.

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Purpose: Investigate if the type of substance use disorder (SUD) in adolescence predicts SUDs in adulthood and examine sex and racial/ethnic differences in the persistence of SUDs.

Methods: Data are from the Northwestern Juvenile Project, a 15-year longitudinal study of 1829 youth randomly sampled from detention in Chicago, IL (1995-1998). Interviewers assessed SUDs using structured diagnostic interviews.

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  • The study investigates the link between sexual and physical abuse and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk specifically in women living with HIV (WLWH) compared to women without HIV (WLWOH).
  • Findings show that childhood and adulthood sexual abuse increase CVD risk in WLWH, while adulthood physical abuse also raises CVD risk for both groups, with childhood physical abuse showing no significant effect.
  • The study identifies potential factors, such as depression and smoking, as pathways that may explain the relationship between abuse history and higher CVD risk in these women.
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Purpose: To examine the association between substance use disorders (SUDs) and HIV/AIDS risk behaviors in detained youth as they age.

Methods: Prospective longitudinal study of a stratified random sample of 1,829 youth aged 10 to 18 years at baseline, sampled between November 1995 and June 1998 from the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center, Chicago, Illinois, and reinterviewed up to 13 times (to median age 32); 17,766 interviews overall.

Results: Youth had greater odds of engaging in every risk behavior when they had an SUD compared with when they did not have an SUD.

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Objective: To examine: (1) if youth who have mental health disorders receive needed services after they leave detention-and as they age; and (2) inequities in service use, focusing on demographic characteristics and type of disorder.

Method: We used data from the Northwestern Juvenile Project, a longitudinal study of 1,829 youth randomly sampled from detention in Chicago, Illinois in 1995. Participants were re-interviewed up to 13 times through 2015.

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Importance: Youths, especially Black and Hispanic males, are disproportionately affected by firearm violence. Yet, no epidemiologic studies have examined the incidence rates of nonfatal firearm injury and firearm mortality in those who may be at greatest risk-youths who have been involved with the juvenile justice system.

Objectives: To examine nonfatal firearm injury and firearm mortality in youths involved with the juvenile justice system and to compare incidence rates of firearm mortality with the general population.

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Among sexual minority men (SMM), internalized homophobia (IH) has been consistently associated with increased depression symptoms. However, some SMM experiencing IH demonstrate resilience to buffer against depression symptoms. In this analysis, we used the Stress Process Model (SPM) as a conceptual framework to explore individual-level psychosocial resilience (ILPR) factors serving as a buffer of the IH-depression relationship.

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Objective: This study examines the association between social support and cognitive function among midlife and older MSM living with or without HIV.

Design: We analyzed longitudinal data from participants enrolled from October 2016 to March 2019 in the Patterns of Healthy Aging Study, a substudy of the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study.

Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional analysis to estimate the association between social support and three measures of cognitive function [Trail Making Test (TMT) Part A, TMT Part B to A ratio, and Symbol Digit Modalities Tasks (SDMT)].

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Mental health concerns (e.g. depression, anxiety) that negatively impact gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) persist over the life course and into old age, but less is known about potential contributors to GBMSM's mental health.

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  • * It utilizes a comprehensive set of tests to evaluate various cognitive domains, revealing that internalized stigma is linked to poorer performance in neurocognitive tasks.
  • * Findings indicate that addressing internalized stigma could be key to improving cognitive health among WLWH, suggesting that further research is needed to explore the long-term effects and other forms of stigma on neurocognitive function.
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Background: Feminizing hormonal therapy (FHT) and HIV potentially alter cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in transgender women (TW).

Methods: TW were enrolled in Los Angeles, California and Houston, Texas and frequency-matched to Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study cisgender men (CM) on age, race, substance use, and abacavir use. Biomarkers of CVD risk and inflammation were assessed via ELISA.

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This study investigated if homophobic and racist discrimination increased depressive symptoms among 960 middle-aged and older men who have sex with men (MSM) and how resilience moderated these relationships. We used five waves of longitudinal data from the sub-study of the . We used linear regression analyses to model depressive symptoms as a function of discrimination.

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  • - At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, experts predicted an increase in mental health issues and substance use among people living with HIV (PLHIV) due to social contact restrictions.
  • - A study analyzed survey responses from 2,121 PLHIV, examining binge drinking, marijuana, and recreational drug use before and during the pandemic, finding that binge drinking and recreational drug use actually decreased during the early pandemic period.
  • - Key factors influencing substance use included gender and early depressive symptoms, while social support was linked to lower recreational drug use, indicating that further monitoring is necessary to determine if these trends continue as the pandemic unfolds.
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Background: Young people who have had contact with the youth justice system have an increased risk of dying from violence. Examining the context of violence-related deaths is essential in informing prevention strategies. We examined the circumstances and toxicology of violence-related deaths among young people who have had contact with the youth justice system in Queensland, Australia.

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The present study was designed to identify social support classes across time among midlife (40-64 years) and older (65+ years) gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM), and whether social support protects against depressive symptoms in this population. This study applied longitudinal latent class analysis across five visits on 1,329 individuals age 40 or older at baseline using data from the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS) Healthy Aging substudy collected from April 2016 to October 2018. We identified four classes of social support across time: , that is, high levels of support from one's primary partner(s) and moderate support from friends and family; , that is, high levels of support from friends and chosen family; , that is, low levels of support from all sources; and , that is, high levels of support from all sources.

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Functional support-the availability of material aid, emotional support, or companionship-promotes general well-being. For men who have sex with men (MSM) living with HIV, having a person who supports you associates with viral suppression. This study examines the association between supportive partnerships and HIV viral suppression among middle-aged and aging MSM living with HIV.

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Importance: Previous studies have found that one-half to three-quarters of youths detained in juvenile justice facilities have 1 or more psychiatric disorders. Little is known about the course of their disorders as they age.

Objective: To examine the prevalence, comorbidity, and continuity of 13 psychiatric disorders among youths detained in a juvenile justice facility during the 15 years after detention up to a median age of 31 years, with a focus on sex and racial/ethnic differences.

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This study describes the primary and secondary partnerships of aging gay men participating in the Understanding Patterns of Healthy Aging Among Men Who Have Sex with Men substudy of the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study and examines differences in the prevalence of these relationship structures by HIV status while adjusting for age, education, and race/ethnicity. Relationships were compared within the following structural categories: "only a primary partnership", "only a secondary partnership", "both a primary and secondary relationship", or "neither a primary nor secondary relationship". There were 1,054 participants (51.

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Importance: Preventing firearm violence requires understanding its antecedents. Yet no comprehensive longitudinal study has examined how involvement with firearms during adolescence-use, access, and victimization (defined as threatened with a weapon or gunshot injury)-is associated with the perpetration of firearm violence in adulthood.

Objective: To examine the association between firearm involvement during adolescence and subsequent firearm perpetration and ownership in adulthood among youth involved in the juvenile justice system.

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Conversion therapies are practices that attempt to change an individuals' same-sex attractions through psychotherapeutic and aversive therapeutic techniques. Conversion therapies were developed based on homophobic beliefs that same-sex attractions are a mental illness. We sought to describe the prevalence and characteristics of conversion therapy experienced among middle-aged and older men who have sex with men in the United States.

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Many persons living with HIV (PLWH) either reduced their employment capacity or stopped work completely due to disease progression. With the advent of effective antiretroviral therapy, some PLWH were able to return to the workforce and many are now transitioning into retirement. We examined the histories of employment, retirement and disability status on depression among 1,497 Participants living with HIV from 1997 to 2015 in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study.

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Purpose: Racial/ethnic minorities experience disproportionate rates of depressive symptoms in the United States. The magnitude that underlying factors-such as social inequalities-contribute to these symptoms is unknown. We sought to identify exposures that explain racial/ethnic differences in clinically significant depressive symptomology among men who have sex with men (MSM).

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