“…Mental Health and Substance Use-Psychological symptoms linked to HIV riskrelated behaviors include depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress; and are often the result of exposure to violence or secondary to learning difficulties, mood disorders, Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, or psychoses (Brawner, Gomes, Jemmott, Deatrick & Coleman, 2012;Brown et al, 2010). Comorbidities like alcohol and substance abuse contribute to the psychopathology, and further increase the chance of HIV/STI riskrelated sexual behaviors such as multiple lifetime partners, more frequent sexual intercourse, unprotected sex, and trading sex for money or drugs (Lorvick et al, 2012).…”