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Depression and HIV Transmission Risk among Methamphetamine-Using Men who have Sex with Men.

Jesse B FletcherKirsty A ClarkCathy J Reback
Published in: Addiction research & theory (2020)
Methamphetamine use among participants in this study inverted the functional form of the relationship between depression and sexual risk among MSM observed in prior studies. Whereas low-grade depression has been associated with increased sexual risk-taking in prior samples of MSM, methamphetamine upends this relationship, such that the greatest engagement in sexual risk-taking occurred among those diagnosed with MDE at baseline. Additional research is warranted to clarify how methamphetamine influences sexual risk-taking among MSM with/without comorbid depression.
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