Factors associated with experiences of stigma in a sample of HIV-positive, methamphetamine-using men who have sex with men

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 125, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 154-159

  Semple, Shirley J ^a   Strathdee, Steffanie A ^b   Zians, Jim ^a   Patterson, Thomas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; Men who have sex with men; Methamphetamine; Stigma experiences

Indexed keywords

ANGER; ARTICLE; EMOTIONALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; METHAMPHETAMINE DEPENDENCE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STIGMA; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; ANGER; DEPRESSION; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMELESS PERSONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHAMPHETAMINE; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 84864993046     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2012.04.007     Document Type: Article

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