Interventions to Reduce Drug Use Among Methamphetamine Users at Risk for HIV

AbstractPurpose of ReviewThis paper reports on the results of a study comparing two behavioral treatments for methamphetamine users. The outcome was the effectiveness of the interventions in reducing meth use. The interventions were contingency management (CM) and contingency management plus strengths-based case management (CM/SBCM).Recent FindingsCM/SBCM was found to be associated with attending more sessions for people who reported being in a couple. Also, participants who earned more money in the first part of the study were more likely to have more clean urinalysis in the second part of the study. Latent class analysis identified a class of participants who were in a couple, without sexual abuse history, and less meth use at baseline. This class tended to have more clean urinalysis in the CM/SBCM intervention.SummaryThese results indicate that incentive-based interventions with case management may be useful for helping meth users reduce their drug use.

Source: Current HIV/AIDS Reports - February 14, 2019 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research