Experiences of harm and mental ill-health among gay, bisexual and other men-who-have-sex-with-men who use methamphetamine or GHB/GBL in different combinations: findings from the COMeT study in Taiwan
GBMSM who used both methamphetamine and GHB/GBL in a chemsex context were more likely to report experience of harms than those who only used a single chemsex drug or engaged in chemsex without methamphetamine or GHB/GBL. Harm reduction should focus on both preventing HIV and STI transmission and on minimising psychosocial harm to GBMSM, with varying impacts depending on drug use.
Authors
- Carol Strong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2934-5382)
- Adam H. Bourne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7786-8981)
- Chia‐Wen Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4834-5935)
- Jing‐Hao Hsu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1007-9624)
- Stephane Wen‐Wei Ku
- Po-Yao Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3319-5145)
Institutions
- National Taiwan University (TW)
- La Trobe University (AU)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Taipei City Hospital (TW)
- National Cheng Kung University Hospital (TW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Harm Reduction Journal
- Published
- 2024-10-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-024-01094-8
- Citations
- 8
- Primary Topic
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.11
Funders
- Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan
- National Cheng Kung University Hospital