Donald A Calsyn

..For substance abuse treatment-seekers engaging in high risk sexual behavior, their inconsistent condom use may be related to their condom use attitudes and skills...

..Revisions to REMAS include an added focus on how culture, social norms, and upbringing affect a man's sexual behavior and relationships...

..Patients might benefit from interventions targeting sexual behavior and substance use as mutual triggers. (Am J Addict 2010;00:1-9)...

..Substance abuse treatment programs can therefore help reduce sexual risk among their clientele by providing a more intensive intervention than what is traditionally provided...

..4, d=0.38) was greater than for REMAS completers in methadone programs (M=2.3, d=0.25). Reasons for why REMAS appears to be especially effective in psychosocial outpatient programs are explored...

..0001) for both the MCUS and FCUS. Post hoc, pairwise linear trends across time indicated that for both the MCUS and the FCUS, the D+P group is significantly superior to the DO group and the NS group...

..3%) than when they were not under the influence (49%, p = .82). In this high-risk in treatment sample, a causative link between sex under the influence of drugs or alcohol and sexual risk behavior was not supported. ..

..HIV prevention interventions often promote monogamy to reduce sexual risk. However, there is little consensus about how to define monogamy...

..A secondary aim of REMAS was to reduce the frequency with which men engage in sex under the influence (SUI) of drugs or alcohol...

..Providing primary care within addictions clinics (onsite care) may improve medical and SUD treatment outcomes in this population...

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..The utility of the PDUQ and its relationship with the DSM-IV approach needs to be established for patients being treated in general medical settings...

..To estimate the prevalence of persistent pain among veterans in out-patient addiction treatment and examine associated addiction treatment outcomes and medical and psychiatric service use...

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..At one-year follow-up, 1 out of 5 had been readmitted for detoxification and 4.5% had died. Most patients successfully detoxified from opioids, but very few remained engaged and stabilized in abstinence-oriented outpatient treatment...

..This study examines the concurrent validity of these ASI composite scores in relation to the short form 36-item health survey (SF-36), a well-established measure of health-related quality of life/functional health status...

..The CTN provides a unique opportunity to systematically design trials that incorporate treatment improvements from previous trials and to direct efforts toward innovations most likely to be incorporated into practice...

..Resource challenges may lead some health organizations to discontinue such programmes, though just as programmatic evaluation may determine efficacy and cost-effectiveness so to does it aid in examining impacts of programme dissolution...

..For a few patients, a taper to a lower methadone dose and a switch to buprenorphine/naloxone are obtainable. Program policies that support both tapering attempts and indefinite maintenance are described in this article...

..Aims were to improve our understanding of this population as well as to explore ways of identifying different types of patients...

..86, 95%CI = 0.96, 15.54, p = .057). These results add to an emerging recognition of the need to address the health implications of ED medication use among heterosexual drug using populations...

..This project proposes to develop computer assisted procedures to assist patients and providers in getting needed discussions started regarding sexual risk behaviors. ..