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Article: Behavioral intervention for meth-using MSM.
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- AIDS Alert
- Article date:
- November 1, 2002
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Behavioral intervention for meth-using MSM
Researchers want to spread word
While there is no shortage of substance abuse treatment programs, its rare that such interventions focus on the particular problems involving methamphetamine abuse. However, researchers at the Friends Health Center in Los Angeles have developed a program that targets the meth-abusing men who have sex with men (MSM) specifically, and the center is willing to share its intervention program with HIV clinicians and facilities.
The first step is to identify methamphetamine-abusing patients, and this isnt always evident, says Steve Shoptaw, PhD, a principal investigator with ...