Open Trial to Improve Retention in Care for Persons With HIV Who Use Substances

This acceptance-based behavioral therapy (ABBT) intervention intends to enhance retention in HIV care for people who use substances by targeting stigma. ABBT promotes an accepting stance towards life's challenges and encourages participants to thoughtfully disclose the serostatus and/or substance abuse problems as a behavioral step towards challenging stigmatization fears. The central hypothesis is that increased tolerance of stigmatization, facilitated through increased acceptance of HIV status and substance use behaviors, will increase PWH's longitudinal commitment to care.