Remission of substance use disorders: gay men in the first decade of AIDS

Authors :: Remien, Robert H.
Goetz, Raymond
Rabkin, Judith G.
Williams, Janet B.W.
Bradbury, Mitchell
Ehrhardt, Anke A.
Gorman, Jack M.
Source :: Journal of Studies on Alcohol. March, 1995, Vol. 56 Issue 2, p226, 7 p.
Publication Year :: 1995
Abstract: A five-year prospective study of 56 self-reported HIV-seropositive and seronegative homosexual men revealed their degree of abstinence from alcohol abuse to be directly influenced by factors such as the subjects' health concerns and self-perceptions of a clean societal image. The fear of AIDS was a great influence in effecting changes in the gay community's attitudes against risk-taking, pertaining to substance abuse.