http://www.wisdomofwhores.com/2008/03/27/are-australian-men-rotten-lovers/ Of sex and science. Elizabeth Pisani's blog about HIV and other sundry things. Mon, 26 Dec 2011 02:54:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.wisdomofwhores.com/2008/03/27/are-australian-men-rotten-lovers/comment-page-1/#comment-1176 Daniel Reeders Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:47:02 +0000 http://www.wisdomofwhores.com/2008/03/27/are-australian-men-rotten-lovers/#comment-1176 It would make perfect sense to me that people who play on the singles scene experience more depression, and not much sense to me that depressed people put themselves out there more. Gary Rogers from the Uni of South Australia did a prospective study of gay (pos and neg) clinic attendees which found higher rates of sexual risk-taking among respondents with dysthymic disorder but not major depression, while a larger multi-methods study running out of NCHECR is currently looking at clinic attendees in Sydney and Adelaide and finding no such association nor any between HIV-positivity and depressive symptoms when they control for isolation, daily stress and poverty. It would make perfect sense to me that people who play on the singles scene experience more depression, and not much sense to me that depressed people put themselves out there more. Gary Rogers from the Uni of South Australia did a prospective study of gay (pos and neg) clinic attendees which found higher rates of sexual risk-taking among respondents with dysthymic disorder but not major depression, while a larger multi-methods study running out of NCHECR is currently looking at clinic attendees in Sydney and Adelaide and finding no such association nor any between HIV-positivity and depressive symptoms when they control for isolation, daily stress and poverty.

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