HIV risk behavior of psychiatric patients with mental illness: a sample of Brazilian patients Comportamento de risco para o HIV de pacientes psiquiátricos: uma amostra de pacientes brasileiros

OBJECTIVE: The prevalence of HIV among psychiatric patients is higher than general population rates worldwide. Many risk behaviors have been identified in studies from both developing and developed countries, though sampling limitations restrict the generalizability of their results. The objective o...

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Main Authors: Mark Drew Crosland Guimarães, Karen McKinnon, Lorenza Nogueira Campos, Ana Paula Souto Melo, Milton Wainberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2010-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
Subjects:
HIV
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462010000400007