Reducing Sexual Risk Behaviors and Alcohol Use Among HIV-Positive Men Who Have Sex With Men: A Randomized Clinical Trial

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 657-667

  Velasquez, Mary M ^a   von Sternberg, Kirk ^a   Johnson, David H ^a   Green, Charles ^b   Carbonari, Joseph P ^c   Parsons, Jeffrey T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; motivational interviewing; transtheoretical model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; PEER GROUP; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSAFE SEX;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67949111269     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015519     Document Type: Article

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