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The interplay of syndemic production and serosorting in drug-using gay and bisexual men
- Authors:
- MOELLER Robert W., HALKITIS Perry N., SURRENCE Katie
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services, 23(1), January 2011, pp.89-106.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This study examines the relationships between mental health, substance use, and sexual behaviours among gay and bisexual men using syndemics theory. Syndemics is used to investigate the mutually reinforcing interaction of multiple medical and social problems. A sample of 450 gay and bisexual club drug-using men from New York City were assessed with regard to sociodemographic characteristics, frequency and type of club drug use, HIV status, mental health status, and sexual behaviour with casual partners. Risk scores for each participant were based on the variables measuring substance use and mental health burden. The findings showed that participants with higher risk scores were significantly more likely to engage in risk behaviours. Risk taking was also explained by serosorting, in which individuals use HIV status to select sexual partners, frequently to select sexual partners of a similar HIV status to themselves. Serosorting may serve as a strategy to reduce the risk of contracting HIV or infecting partners with the HIV virus. The findings suggest that the interplay between social, emotional, and cognitive factors is important to understand sexual risk taking.
There needs to be change
- Author:
- JOOF Brian
- Journal article citation:
- A Life in the Day, 13(4), November 2009, pp.6-7.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
A young man of West African origin who has experienced and overcome long-term mental health problems describes his recovery process, during the course of which he has experienced the additional challenges of migration, racism, homelessness, drugs, prison and long-term unemployment. He tells us how he has overcome each of these difficulties in turn to build an increasingly full and satisfying life for himself.
A mediation model to explain HIV antiretroviral adherence among gay and bisexual men
- Authors:
- HALKITIS Perry N., PALAMAR Joseph
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services, 19(1), 2007, pp.35-55.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Data on a sample of 300 HIV positive gay and bisexual men from New York City are used in this study, which employs structural equation modelling to examine interactions between the following variables: socioeconomic status (SES), including health care provision; psychological state; drug use impairment; and HIV treatment adherence. The results show a complex set of inter-relationships. Adherence is directly linked to drug use impairment and SES (a relationship shown in other studies), while drug use is predicted by psychological state (a new finding). To maximise the chances of treatment adherence, therefore, clinicians need to develop a clear understanding of the patient’s socioeconomic state, drug using behaviour and psychological state. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Psychological and psychiatric problems in men
- Author:
- GOMEZ Joan
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 1991
- Pagination:
- 137p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Based on an analysis of societal developmental, anatomical and physiological factors. Looks at aggression and violence, childhood disorders, neuroses, eating disorders, psychoses, personality problems, alcohol and drug abuse, sexual problems, work, family, and psychosomatics.
A comparison of homeless and domiciled young people
- Authors:
- COMMANDER Martin, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 11(5), October 2002, pp.557-564.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
There is growing concern about the welfare of the substantial number of young people who are homeless in the UK. A sample of young people living in homeless hostels in Birmingham is compared with one derived from a private household survey carried out in the same city. Sociodemographic details along with information on mental health, substance use and service uptake were ascertained. The homeless sample were younger and more likely to be male than their domiciled counterparts. They had more often spent time in institutional child care and had worse educational records and lower levels of employment. Young people who were homeless had greater involvement with the police, more frequently used illicit drugs and reported worse physical and mental health than those in private households. They were equally likely to see a general practitioner and more often consulted for 'nerves' as well as having a higher rate of contact with mental health professionals.
A house less ordinary
- Author:
- VALIOS Natalie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 13.4.00, 2000, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author visits a pioneering project in North London that offers long-term specialist help to black men with mental health and drugs problems.
Social work in the Netherlands: current developments
- Editors:
- HESSER Karl-Ernst H., KOOLE Wibo
- Publisher:
- Hogeschool van Amsterdam. Faculty of Social Work
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 127p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Amsterdam
Introduces social work in the Netherlands and goes on to look at: social work and drug addiction - the Amsterdam model; female social work or gender-specific social work with women and girls; gender-specific social work with men and boys; the office for children of drug addicted parents; Opstap, a preventive home based programme; social work with people with learning difficulties, older people, migrants, people with mental health problems, and young people; AIDS prevention; community development; child welfare; and an overview of social work education in the Netherlands.