Addressing a Quadruple Diagnosis in Gay Men
October 6, 2011 1:00 PM EST
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Gay men seeking treatment often have multiple diagnoses. How these diagnoses interact with each other make for a complicated client, and not addressing or assessing each component may contribute to relapse potential. The four key areas are mental health (especially severe depression), substance abuse (especially crystal meth), sexual compulsive behavior and health issues (especially HIV/AIDS). We will discuss the interaction of these four diagnoses and treatment approaches that work.
Learning Goals and Objectives
· Understand the relationship of long-term HIV diagnosis to relapse among gay men
· Develop patient tools that include sexual behavior as part of relapse prevention
· Become comfortable talking about issues confronting gay men who use crystal meth
· Describe the relationship between abuse of crystal meth and sexual behavior in gay men
· Identify what crystal meth is, how it is made, and what it does in the body
· Name three treatment approaches that work in treating crystal meth abuse
· Develop patient tools that include sexual behavior as part of relapse prevention
· Become comfortable talking about issues confronting gay men who use crystal meth
· Describe the relationship between abuse of crystal meth and sexual behavior in gay men
· Identify what crystal meth is, how it is made, and what it does in the body
· Name three treatment approaches that work in treating crystal meth abuse
About the Speaker(s):
Joe Amico is Vice President of NALGAP: The Association for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Addiction Professionals and Their Allies. Joe has been working in the addictions field for 30+ years and has served as an addictions counselor, chaplain, program director, administrator and radio show talk host. He is a well- known, international speaker on LGBTQ addiction issues.
