2023
Moderators of LGBQ-Affirmative Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: ESTEEM Is Especially Effective Among Black and Latino Sexual Minority Men
Keefe J, Rodriguez-Seijas C, Jackson S, Bränström R, Harkness A, Safren S, Hatzenbuehler M, Pachankis J. Moderators of LGBQ-Affirmative Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: ESTEEM Is Especially Effective Among Black and Latino Sexual Minority Men. Journal Of Consulting And Clinical Psychology 2023, 91: 150-164. PMID: 36780265, PMCID: PMC10276576, DOI: 10.1037/ccp0000799.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCognitive behavioral therapyCommunity mental health treatmentBehavioral health concernsBehavioral therapyPotential moderatorsAlcohol/drug use problemsControl conditionAlcohol/drug problemsMinority stress processesBisexual menMinority stress factorsMental health treatmentDrug use problemsHealth concernComorbidity Index scoreSignificant moderatorTransmission risk behaviorsEffective skillsStudy therapistsStress processBehavioral health risksModeratorUse problemsMinority identificationHealth treatment
2022
About Treatments ThatWork™
Pachankis J, Harkness A, Jackson S, Safren S. About Treatments ThatWork™. 2022, v-cp.p13. DOI: 10.1093/med-psych/9780197643303.002.0007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCognitive behavioral therapy techniquesBasic psychological processesLGBTQ clientsSubstance use problemsMental health practitionersMental health challengesPsychological processesDistinct stressorsPsychological distressUse problemsTherapy techniquesUnique needsLGBTQ individualsStressorsHealth practitionersClientsWorkbookAnxietyDistressTherapistsSkillsBeingDepressionHealth challengesIndividualsForms and Worksheets
Pachankis J, Harkness A, Jackson S, Safren S. Forms and Worksheets. 2022 DOI: 10.1093/med-psych/9780197643303.005.0001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCognitive behavioral therapy techniquesBasic psychological processesLGBTQ clientsSubstance use problemsMental health practitionersMental health challengesPsychological processesDistinct stressorsPsychological distressUse problemsTherapy techniquesUnique needsLGBTQ individualsStressorsHealth practitionersClientsWorkbookAnxietyDistressTherapistsSkillsBeingDepressionHealth challengesIndividuals
2020
A Transdiagnostic Minority Stress Intervention for Gender Diverse Sexual Minority Women’s Depression, Anxiety, and Unhealthy Alcohol Use: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Pachankis JE, McConocha EM, Clark KA, Wang K, Behari K, Fetzner BK, Brisbin CD, Scheer JR, Lehavot K. A Transdiagnostic Minority Stress Intervention for Gender Diverse Sexual Minority Women’s Depression, Anxiety, and Unhealthy Alcohol Use: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal Of Consulting And Clinical Psychology 2020, 88: 613-630. PMID: 32437174, PMCID: PMC7597069, DOI: 10.1037/ccp0000508.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCognitive-behavioral treatmentSexual minority womenTransdiagnostic cognitive-behavioral treatmentMinority womenAlcohol useBehavioral healthUnhealthy alcohol useEvidence-based treatmentsDepression/anxietyUniversal risk factorEvidence-based supportHeavy alcohol useBehavioral health problemsControlled TrialsAlcohol use problemsRisk factorsYoung Adult Sexual Minority WomenSexual minority menHealth problemsAdult sexual minority womenWomen's depressionTreatment developmentWomenExpert providersUse problems
2018
Does Getting Stigma Under the Skin Make It Thinner? Emotion Regulation as a Stress-Contingent Mediator of Stigma and Mental Health
Burton CL, Wang K, Pachankis JE. Does Getting Stigma Under the Skin Make It Thinner? Emotion Regulation as a Stress-Contingent Mediator of Stigma and Mental Health. Clinical Psychological Science 2018, 6: 590-600. PMID: 30221083, PMCID: PMC6133258, DOI: 10.1177/2167702618755321.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPoor mental healthMental healthEmotion regulation deficitsAdverse mental health outcomesLife stressRegulation deficitsMental health outcomesCultural stigmaAlcohol use problemsEmotion regulationMore life stressDepressive symptomsSelf-reported stigmaHealth outcomesStigma expertsIndividual susceptibilityGeneral life stressUse problemsHealthDeficitsStigmaOutcomesStudy 1Study 2Association
2017
A Multilevel Approach for Reducing Mental Health and Substance Use Disparities Affecting Bisexual Individuals
Feinstein BA, Dyar C, Pachankis JE. A Multilevel Approach for Reducing Mental Health and Substance Use Disparities Affecting Bisexual Individuals. Cognitive And Behavioral Practice 2017, 26: 243-253. PMID: 31160876, PMCID: PMC6544045, DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpra.2017.10.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBisexual health disparitiesBisexual individualsMental healthHealth disparitiesBisexual clientsSubstance use problemsEvidence-based interventionsStriking health disparitiesClinical trainingPopulation-level interventionsUse problemsClinician's abilityMultilevel approachCompetent careSubstance use disparitiesCliniciansMulti-level approachTrainingIndividualsInterventionHealthCareClientsDisparitiesPrejudiceDepression and Substance Use: Towards the Development of an Emotion Regulation Model of Stigma Coping
Wang K, Burton CL, Pachankis JE. Depression and Substance Use: Towards the Development of an Emotion Regulation Model of Stigma Coping. Substance Use & Misuse 2017, 53: 859-866. PMID: 29125383, PMCID: PMC5884706, DOI: 10.1080/10826084.2017.1391011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDepression-related stigmaEmotion dysregulationStigma copingSubstance useEmotion regulation modelSelf-report measuresSample of individualsRole of stigmaSubstance use problemsPrevention intervention effortsPsychological distressRemitted depressionIntervention effortsInitial supportUse problemsRegulation modelCopingLittle researchCurrent studyDepressionStigmaDrug useGreater tendencyDysregulationDistress