HIV and mental illness
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Mental illness and HIV
NCHSR is partially funded by the Australian Department of Health and Ageing. © 2010 National Centre in HIV Social Research, The University of New South Wales Photographs on pages 1, 3 and 4 copyright iStockphoto What we see depends mainly on what we look for, or so John Lubbock (1834– 1913), a noted anthropologist, once said. In the field of HIV research and care what we don’t look for, we miss...
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OBJECTIVES Using opinion data from experts, we examined the context of the argument for mandatory testing of psychiatric patients. METHODS Vignettes were distributed to experts on HIV and mental illness. Respondents were asked to provide appropriateness ratings for different hypothetical clinical decisions regarding HIV management. RESULTS Respondents were reluctant to impose testing withou...
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported 57,806 new cases of AIDS in the United States in 1997.1 While this represents a reduction from the previous year, estimates still indicate that 0.6% of adult males and 0.1% of adult females are infected with HIV.2 The CDC also suggested, however, that these estimates of incidence and prevalence of HIV infections may be far too low du...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0007-1250,1472-1465
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.168.5.654