Substance abuse treatment and risk behaviors among HIV-infected persons with alcohol problems

• Published in: Journal of substance abuse treatment Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 3 - 9
• Main Authors: Palepu, Anita, Raj, Anita, Horton, Nicholas J., Tibbetts, Nicole, Meli, Seville, Samet, Jeffrey H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 2005; Elsevier Science; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Addictive behaviors; Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; alcohol; Alcoholism - complications; Alcoholism - psychology; Biological and medical sciences; Desintoxication. Drug withdrawal; Drug addiction; drug risk behaviors; Drug use; Female; HIV; HIV Infections - complications; HIV Infections - psychology; Human immunodeficiency virus; Human viral diseases; Humans; Infectious diseases; Linear Models; Logistic Models; Male; Massachusetts; Medical sciences; Multivariate Analysis; Prospective Studies; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Risk factors; Risk-Taking; sex risk; Sexual Behavior; Substance abuse treatment; substance use; Substance-Related Disorders - complications; Substance-Related Disorders - psychology; Substance-Related Disorders - rehabilitation; Treatments; Viral diseases; Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids; Massachusetts; drug risk behaviors; alcohol; substance use; substance abuse treatment; sex risk; HIV; Human; Immunopathology; Drug addiction; Ethanol; Sexual behavior; Retroviridae; AIDS; Substance abuse; Risk taking; Immune deficiency; Lentivirus; Infection; Virus; Alcoholic beverage; Treatment; Viral disease; Human immunodeficiency virus; Public health

We examined the association of substance abuse treatment with sexual and drug use risk behaviors among 349 HIV-infected persons with a history of alcohol problems using a standardized questionnaire regarding sexual and drug use risk behaviors, demographics, substance use, and use of substance abuse...