Exchanging a "Gnawing Thought for "Taking a Pill Once a Day": Examining Sexual Minority Men's Experiences With PrEP and Mental Health in a Universal PrEP Access Context.

This study explores how universal access to and taking no-cost preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP), which effectively prevents HIV acquisition, may impact the mental health-related experiences of sexual minority men, including HIV-related anxiety. We employed community-based and participatory methods to conduct and analyze 27 interviews with sexual minority men in British Columbia, Canada. Before starting PrEP, participants' experiences with sex were highly associated with HIV-related anxiety.