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Document 0809
DOCN M9550809
TI Skills-training groups to reduce HIV transmission and drug use among
methadone patients.
DT 9505
AU Schilling RF; el-Bassel N; Hadden B; Gilbert L; School of Social Work,
Columbia University, New York, NY 10025.
SO Soc Work. 1995 Jan;40(1):91-101. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/95167536
AB Although methadone maintenance may be one of the more effective means of
slowing the spread of human immunodeficiency virus among intravenous
drug users, methadone patients continue to engage in high-risk behavior.
Opiate relapse, alcohol and cocaine use, program attrition, and sexual
risk-taking all present serious challenges to methadone maintenance
treatment programs. These concerns underscore the need for enhancing the
nonpharmacological elements of methadone clinics. This article describes
the components and process of a skills-building intervention designed to
reduce relapse, program attrition, and high-risk behavior in
methadone-maintained populations. The authors offer a research agenda
for determining whether the skills-building approach is feasible and
efficacious in community- and hospital-based methadone clinics. In
learning from social workers and other helping professionals, it is
hoped that investigators will be able to recast and retest models that
will be useful in freestanding clinical settings.
DE *Adaptation, Psychological Case Report Female Human HIV
Infections/*PREVENTION & CONTROL/PSYCHOLOGY/TRANSMISSION Male
Methadone/*THERAPEUTIC USE Pilot Projects Psychotherapy/*METHODS
*Risk-Taking Sex Behavior Substance Abuse, Intravenous/*REHABILITATION
JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).