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Document 2077
DOCN M94A2077
TI The gay and lesbian client in substance abuse treatment: creating a
welcoming environment.
DT 9412
AU Hart JE; Victory Programs, Mobile AIDS Resource Team, Boston,;
Massachusetts.
SO Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):386 (abstract no. PD0153). Unique
Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370498
AB OBJECTIVE: Ignorance, prejudice, denial, and stigma all affect both the
ways in which addicts are perceived by the larger society as well as the
ways in which addicts perceive themselves. When alcoholics and drug
addicts are also gay or lesbian, the stigma is intensified and the
struggles they face are almost overwhelming. This workshop was designed
to give substance abuse providers a tool to make their work with gay and
lesbian addicts more effective. METHODS: A five hour interactive
workshop was designed to assist substance providers in examining their
KAB related to gay and lesbian addicts. A safe space is created and
providers participate in a number of interactive exercises in which
attitudes and beliefs are examined. Sexual identity issues, the impact
of homophobia on the client, the client's defenses against homophobia,
the stages of forming a gay and/or lesbian identity and direct treatment
issues for gay and lesbian clients are also presented, using a didactic
method. RESULTS: Provider's knowledge about homosexuality is increased,
attitudes and levels of acceptance are challenged, access to drug
treatment for gay and lesbian clients is augmented, and client's
response to treatment is improved. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: Changing
the substance abuse provider's KAB about gay and lesbian clients is just
as important as changing the client's KAB about him/herself in order to
increase the gay and lesbian client's access to drug treatment, and to
sensitize treatment providers so that they are able to respond to
clients more effectively and compassionately.
DE Female Health Education Homosexuality/*PSYCHOLOGY Human HIV
Infections/*PREVENTION & CONTROL/PSYCHOLOGY/TRANSMISSION *Inservice
Training Male Prejudice Professional-Patient Relations *Social
Environment Substance Abuse Treatment Centers Substance Abuse,
Intravenous/PSYCHOLOGY/*REHABILITATION MEETING ABSTRACT
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).