HIV infection and drug users: Setting up support groups |
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| Authors: | Geraldine Mulleady Massimo Riccio Susan Hogarth |
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| Institution: | 1. Drug Dependency Unit, St. Mary's Hospital , Praed Street, London , W2.;2. Research Fellow and Honorary Senior Registrar in Psychiatry, AIDS Research Unit , St. Stephen's Hospital , Fulham Road, London , SW10;3. Chemical Dependency Centre , 11, Redcliffe Gardens, London , SW10 , United Kingdom |
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| Abstract: | The emergence of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection has highlighted the need for the development of risk reduction strategies among drug users. A network of support and self help, whilst fully developed among gay men, has been slow to develop with drug users. Possible reasons for this are examined. Examples of this type of approach in Britain and other countries are reviewed. The positive aspects of encouraging the development of self help groups are discussed. The lesons learned from the first 6 months of a drug users support group are described. |
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