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Article: Substance Use Disorders and the Risk of HIV Infection in Gay Men.
- Article from:
- Journal of Studies on Alcohol
- Article date:
- January 1, 1999
- Author:
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ABSTRACT. Objective: Previous studies have suggested that high rates of recent alcohol or drug use are associated with increased risk for HIV infection in gay men. To examine whether this relationship is mediated by substance use per se or by more enduring patterns of problematic substance use, lifetime DSM-III-R alcohol and other drug dependence disorders were ascertained and used to predict self-reported serostatus. Method: Gay men (N = 187) who had been tested for HIV and knew their serostatus (31 are HIV+) completed demographic, drug use and sexual practices questionnaires. Formal DSM-III-R psychiatric diagnoses were made on the basis of an individual interview, using ...
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