The additive effects of depressive symptoms and polysubstance use on HIV risk among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men.

CONCLUSION: An interaction effect between polysubstance use (defined by using 3 or more substances in the past six months) and depressive symptoms (defined by HADS scores) revealed that the combination of these factors was associated with increased risk for high-risk sex - supporting a syndemic understanding of the production of HIV risk.
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Source: Addictive Behaviors - March 6, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Card KG, Lachowsky NJ, Armstrong HL, Cui Z, Wang L, Sereda P, Jollimore J, Patterson TL, Corneil T, Hogg RS, Roth EA, Moore DM Tags: Addict Behav Source Type: research