Mental Health for HIV+ Gay Men

The CHANGES Project: A Clinical Trial of Coping Effectiveness Training for HIV+ Gay Men is an innovative, theory-based coping intervention. The intervention–Coping Effectiveness Training–is designed to assist HIV+ gay men stay mentally healthy despite ongoing stress of HIV infection. The study will look at the problems of maintaining intervention effects, evaluating effects on quality of life and adherence to medical care, and testing new advances in stress and coping theory. (posted 10/04)