Chemsex behaviours among men who have sex with men: a systematic review of the literature

S Maxwell, M Shahmanesh, M Gafos - International Journal of Drug Policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Background 'Chemsex'is the use of drugs before or during planned sexual events to
facilitate, enhance, prolong and sustain the experience. Drugs associated with chemsex are …

Psychological and interpersonal factors associated with sexualized drug use among men who have sex with men: A mixed-methods systematic review

D Lafortune, M Blais, G Miller, L Dion, F Lalonde… - Archives of Sexual …, 2021 - Springer
Chemsex—the use of specific drugs during planned sexual activity to sustain or enhance
sexual functioning (Bourne et al., 2015)—is widely reported as a major public health issue …

Chemsex and mental health of men who have sex with men in Germany

A Bohn, D Sander, T Köhler, N Hees, F Oswald… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Background: Chemsex is defined as using certain substances immediately before or during
sexual activities to facilitate, prolong and/or intensify sexual experience, mainly by some …

Do men who have sex with men who report alcohol and illicit drug use before/during sex (chemsex) present moderate/high risk for substance use disorders?

TS Torres, LS Bastos, L Kamel, DRB Bezerra… - Drug and Alcohol …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background We evaluated the prevalence of sexualized drug use (Chemsex) and its
association with moderate/high risk for substance use disorders and HIV sexual risk …

Chemsex among men who have sex with men: A systematic scoping review of research methods

E Amundsen, AE Muller, E Reierth… - Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Chemsex refers to the use of psychoactive substances with sex. We carried out a systematic
scoping review of methodological characteristics of chemsex research among men who …

Association of sexualized drug use patterns with HIV/STI transmission risk in an internet sample of men who have sex with men from seven European countries

JM Guerras, J Hoyos Miller, C Agustí, S Chanos… - Archives of Sexual …, 2021 - Springer
We estimated the prevalence of overall sexualized drug use (SDU) and of chemsex in
particular, assessed patterns of drug use, and identified subpopulations of men who have …

Sexual consent and chemsex: a quantitative study on sexualised drug use and non-consensual sex among men who have sex with men in Amsterdam, the …

S Drückler, J Speulman, M van Rooijen… - Sexually Transmitted …, 2021 - sti.bmj.com
Background Chemsex (drug use to enhance sex) has emerged among men who have sex
with men (MSM). Non-consensual sex (NCS) is hypothesised to occur frequently under the …

Review of sexualized drug use associated with sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections in gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men

FM Guerra, TJ Salway, R Beckett, L Friedman… - Drug and Alcohol …, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose The aim of the present study was to quantify associations between sexualized drug
use (SDU) and sexually-transmitted and blood-borne infection (STBBI) diagnoses in gay …

Injecting drug use during sex (known as “slamming”) among men who have sex with men: results from a time-location sampling survey conducted in five cities, France

P Trouiller, A Velter, L Saboni, C Sommen… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background In the last decade, European cities saw the development of “slamming,” a
practice related to chemsex that combines three elements: a sexual context, psychostimulant …

Increases in condomless chemsex associated with HIV acquisition in MSM but not heterosexuals attending a HIV testing center in Antwerp, Belgium

C Kenyon, K Wouters, T Platteau, J Buyze… - AIDS research and …, 2018 - Springer
Background It has been speculated that the prevalence of chemsex is increasing in men
who have sex with men and that this may be playing a role in the spread of HIV. Methods We …