TY - JOUR
T1 - ACT HEALTHY
T2 - A Combined Cognitive-Behavioral Depression and Medication Adherence Treatment for HIV-Infected Substance Users
AU - Daughters, Stacey B.
AU - Magidson, Jessica F.
AU - Schuster, Randi M.
AU - Safren, Steven A.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by the National Institute of Drug Abuse grant R01 DA022974 (PI: Daughters). We would like to thank C. W. Lejuez, Director of the Center for Addictions, Personality, and Emotion Research in the Department of Psychology at the University of Maryland, for his consultation and support for this research. We would also like to thank staff at the Salvation Army Harbor Light Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Center in Washington, DC, for their assistance with patient recruitment. The ACT HEALTHY treatment manual can be accessed by contacting the corresponding author.
PY - 2010/8
Y1 - 2010/8
N2 - The two most common comorbid conditions with HIV are substance use disorders and depression, and individuals with comorbid HIV, depression, and substance dependence face a more chronic and treatment-resistant course. As an example of how to adapt evidence-based approaches to a complex comorbid population, the current case study examined the integration of a combined depression and HIV medication adherence treatment. The resulting intervention, ACT HEALTHY, combines a brief behavioral activation approach specifically developed to treat depression in individuals receiving residential substance abuse treatment (LETS ACT; Daughters et al., 2008) with a brief cognitive-behavioral approach to improving HIV medication adherence (Life-Steps; Safren et al., 1999; Safren et al., 2009). The current case series demonstrates the use of ACT HEALTHY among 3 depressed HIV-positive, low-income African Americans entering residential substance abuse treatment.
AB - The two most common comorbid conditions with HIV are substance use disorders and depression, and individuals with comorbid HIV, depression, and substance dependence face a more chronic and treatment-resistant course. As an example of how to adapt evidence-based approaches to a complex comorbid population, the current case study examined the integration of a combined depression and HIV medication adherence treatment. The resulting intervention, ACT HEALTHY, combines a brief behavioral activation approach specifically developed to treat depression in individuals receiving residential substance abuse treatment (LETS ACT; Daughters et al., 2008) with a brief cognitive-behavioral approach to improving HIV medication adherence (Life-Steps; Safren et al., 1999; Safren et al., 2009). The current case series demonstrates the use of ACT HEALTHY among 3 depressed HIV-positive, low-income African Americans entering residential substance abuse treatment.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cbpra.2009.12.003
DO - 10.1016/j.cbpra.2009.12.003
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:77953617744
VL - 17
SP - 309
EP - 321
JO - Cognitive and Behavioral Practice
JF - Cognitive and Behavioral Practice
SN - 1077-7229
IS - 3
ER -