PSYCHOLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION, DRUG TREATMENT ENGAGEMENT, AND HIV RISK BEHAVIOR AMONG METHADONE MAINTAINED CLIENTS

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The impact of opiate addiction on public health has been severe with its links to disease, death, economics, and mental health problems. Many opiate addicts inject drugs several times each day which has been associated with many infectious diseases, including: Hepatitis B and C, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS (National Institutes on Drug Abuse, 2000). This study investigated the relationships of psychological dysfunction, drug treatment engagement, HIV risk reduction attitudes, and HIV risk behaviors among methadone maintained clients. It was guided by the AIDS Risk Reduction Model (ARRM), a heuristic device that helps to explain/predict behavior change of individuals in relationship to sexual and injection drug use transmission of HIV/AIDS. A quantitative cross-sectional research design was utilized to examine the relationship between psychological dysfunction and HIV risk behavior among methadone maintained clients and how drug treatment engagement and HIV risk reduction attitudes affect

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