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| Adam W CarricoSummaryAffiliation: University of California Country: USA Publications
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Psychological processes and stimulant use among men who have sex with menAdam W Carrico
University of California, San Francisco Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 123:79-83. 2012..The present investigation examined whether and how psychological factors are associated with engagement in any stimulant use in the broader population of MSM...- Stimulant use is associated with immune activation and depleted tryptophan among HIV-positive persons on anti-retroviral therapyAdam W Carrico
Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco, 50 Beale Street, Suite 1300, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
Brain Behav Immun 22:1257-62. 2008..Further research is needed to replicate these findings and examine the plausible bio-behavioral pathways that may account for the effects of stimulant use on HIV disease markers and depleted tryptophan... - Randomized controlled trial of a cognitive-behavioral intervention for HIV-positive persons: an investigation of treatment effects on psychosocial adjustmentAdam W Carrico
Department of Psychiatry, Health Psychology Program, University of California, San Francisco, 3333 California St, Suite 465, Box 0848, San Francisco, CA 94143 0848, USA
AIDS Behav 13:555-63. 2009..More intensive mental health interventions may be necessary to improve psychosocial adjustment among HIV-positive individuals... - Effects of psychological interventions on neuroendocrine hormone regulation and immune status in HIV-positive persons: a review of randomized controlled trialsAdam W Carrico
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143 0848, USA
Psychosom Med 70:575-84. 2008.... 
Affect regulation, stimulant use, and viral load among HIV-positive persons on anti-retroviral therapyAdam W Carrico
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143 0848, USA
Psychosom Med 69:785-92. 2007..The present study examined the associations among affect regulation, substance use, non-adherence to anti-retroviral therapy (ART), and immune status in a diverse sample of HIV-positive persons...- Correlates of suicidal ideation among HIV-positive personsAdam W Carrico
Health Psychology Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco, 3333 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
AIDS 21:1199-203. 2007.... - Affective correlates of stimulant use and adherence to anti-retroviral therapy among HIV-positive methamphetamine usersAdam W Carrico
Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
AIDS Behav 14:769-77. 2010..Positive affect may increase the likelihood that individuals will refrain from injection drug use and achieve high levels of ART adherence... 
Substance use and HIV disease progression in the HAART era: implications for the primary prevention of HIVAdam W Carrico
University of California, San Francisco, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, United States
Life Sci 88:940-7. 2011....- Psychiatric risk factors for HIV disease progression: the role of inconsistent patterns of antiretroviral therapy utilizationAdam W Carrico
Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 56:146-50. 2011..In the era of antiretroviral therapy (ART), depression and substance use predict hastened HIV disease progression, but the underlying biological or behavioral mechanisms that explain these effects are not fully understood... - Psychiatric correlates of HAART utilization and viral load among HIV-positive impoverished personsAdam W Carrico
University of California, San Francisco Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, California, USA
AIDS 25:1113-8. 2011..This study administered a validated screener to examine psychiatric correlates of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) utilization and viral load... - Internalized heterosexism among HIV-positive, gay-identified men: implications for HIV prevention and careMallory O Johnson
Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 76:829-39. 2008..Findings support the potential utility of addressing IH in HIV prevention and treatment with HIV-positive gay men... - A behavioral intervention reduces HIV transmission risk by promoting sustained serosorting practices among HIV-infected men who have sex with menStephen F Morin
Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 49:544-51. 2008..To examine factors that explain the effect of a cognitive-behavioral intervention on reductions in HIV transmission risk among HIV-infected men who have sex with men (MSM)... - Attitudes and beliefs about anti-retroviral therapy are associated with high risk sexual behaviors among the general population of Kisumu, KenyaRachel M Smith
Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, USA
AIDS Care 23:1668-75. 2011..In high HIV seroprevalence populations with expanding access to ART, prevention programs must ensure their content counteracts misconceptions of ART in order to reduce high risk sexual behaviors, especially among youth... - Specific psychiatric correlates of acute care utilization among unstably housed HIV-positive adultsMaggie Chartier
San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
AIDS Care 24:1514-8. 2012..88) and stimulant use disorders (AOR = 4.45) were associated with greater odds of acute care use. Housing and effective treatment of depression and stimulant use disorders may decrease use of acute care services in this population... - Project Accept (HPTN 043): a community-based intervention to reduce HIV incidence in populations at risk for HIV in sub-Saharan Africa and ThailandGertrude Khumalo-Sakutukwa
Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco, 50 Beale Street, Suite 1300, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 49:422-31. 2008..Changing community norms to increase awareness of HIV status and reduce HIV-related stigma has the potential to reduce the incidence of HIV-1 infection in the developing world... - Spirituality/religiosity promotes acceptance-based responding and 12-step involvementAdam W Carrico
University of California, San Francisco Department of Psychiatry, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 89:66-73. 2007.... - Association of attitudes and beliefs towards antiretroviral therapy with HIV-seroprevalence in the general population of Kisumu, KenyaCraig R Cohen
Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
PLoS ONE 4:e4573. 2009..We hypothesized that a similar phenomenon may be occurring in sub-Saharan Africa concomitant with the scale-up of HIV treatment... - Cognitive behavioral stress management effects on mood, social support, and a marker of antiviral immunity are maintained up to 1 year in HIV-infected gay menAdam W Carrico
Department of Psychology, University of Miami, 5665 Ponce de Leon Boulevard, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA
Int J Behav Med 12:218-26. 2005..Data indicate that HIV-infected men participating in a CBSM intervention maintain better psychosocial status and immunologic control of latent EBV infection up to 1 year after its conclusion... - Randomized clinical trial of cognitive behavioral stress management on human immunodeficiency virus viral load in gay men treated with highly active antiretroviral therapyMichael H Antoni
Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA
Psychosom Med 68:143-51. 2006..We tested whether a cognitive behavioral stress management (CBSM) intervention in combination with antiretroviral medication adherence training (MAT) from a clinical pharmacist influences HIV viral load more than MAT alone... - Reductions in depressed mood and denial coping during cognitive behavioral stress management with HIV-Positive gay men treated with HAARTAdam W Carrico
Department of Psychology, University of Miami, USA
Ann Behav Med 31:155-64. 2006..CBSM+MAT addresses this potentially detrimental pattern by teaching stress reduction skills that may decrease depressed mood via reduced reliance on denial coping... - A path model of the effects of spirituality on depressive symptoms and 24-h urinary-free cortisol in HIV-positive personsAdam W Carrico
Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA
J Psychosom Res 61:51-8. 2006..CONCLUSION: Positive reappraisal coping and benefit finding may co-mediate the effect of spirituality on depressive symptoms, and benefit finding may uniquely explain the effect of spirituality on 24-h cortisol output... - Cognitive-behavioural stress management with HIV-positive homosexual men: mechanisms of sustained reductions in depressive symptomsAdam W Carrico
Department of Psychology, PO Box 249229, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA
Chronic Illn 1:207-15. 2005..In particular, changes in positive reframing during the 10-week intervention period remain a crucial factor contributing to sustained reductions in depressive symptoms... - Increases in a marker of immune system reconstitution are predated by decreases in 24-h urinary cortisol output and depressed mood during a 10-week stress management intervention in symptomatic HIV-infected menMichael H Antoni
Department of Psychology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA
J Psychosom Res 58:3-13. 2005..Here, we tested whether reductions in urinary cortisol output and depressed mood during the 10-week CBSM intervention period mediated its effects on this immune system reconstitution marker at follow-up...