67th Annual Conference

Thursday, February 25

Early Morning Colloquies

Colloquy 4

From Talking about Tina to Getting Off: Stage-Based Interventions for Gay and Bisexual Men who Use Methamphetamine

Presenters:

Sheri Kirshenbaum , Ph.D., Clinical Director of HIV Services, Jewish Family Service of San Diego, San Diego, California

Joel Stegen, CADCA, Group Facilitator, Jewish Family Service of San Diego, San Diego, California

Methamphetamine is the most widely used drug among gay and bisexual men in San Diego. Presenters will teach the basics of methamphetamine and present some innovative group-based interventions they are implementing to assist men to decrease or stop their meth use and related sexual risk behaviors. Outcome data will also be presented.  

Learning Objectives:

The attendee will be able to:

1. Demonstrate knowledge regarding methamphetamine use and associated sexual risk behavior among gay and bisexual men.
2. Identify stages of readiness for change related to methamphetamine use and appropriate treatment strategies.
3. Describe two local group-based interventions (a harm reduction/support group and an intensive outpatient treatment intervention) for gay and bisexual men and their outcomes.
4. Discuss clinical issues related to these interventions.
 

Course References:

Shoptaw, S., Reback, C. J., Larkins, S., Wang, P. Rotheram-Fuller, E., Dang., & Yang, X. (2008). Outcomes using two tailored behavioral treatments for substance abuse in urban gay and bisexual men. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 35, 285-293.

Shoptaw, S. & Reback, C.J. (2007) Methamphetamine use and infectious disease-related behaviors in men who have sex with men: implications for interventions. Addiction, Apr:102 (Suppl 1), 130-135.

Booth, R.E., Kwiatkowski, C., Iguchi, M.Y., Pinto, F., & John, D. (1998). Facilitating treatment entry among out of treatment injection drug users. Public Health Reports, 113 (Suppl 1) 115-128.