A review of the literature on HIV infection and schizophrenia: implications for research, policy and clinical practice

Richard Gray; Elizabeth Brewin; James Noak; Janelle Wyke-Joseph; Babita Sonik

doi:10.1046/j.1365-2850.2002.00511.x

A review of the literature on HIV infection and schizophrenia: implications for research, policy and clinical practice

Richard Gray, Elizabeth Brewin, James Noak, Janelle Wyke-Joseph, Babita Sonik

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Abstract

AIDS represents one of the major public health problems of the 21st century. Men having sex with men, injecting drug use and having multiple sexual partners are well-established risk behaviours for transmitting the HIV virus. People with schizophrenia are more likely to engage in these behaviours than the general population and as a result there is an increased prevalence of HIV infection in this group. However, many contemporary mental health policy reports fail to discuss the risk of HIV/AIDS in people with schizophrenia, and there are few specific references to sexual health promotion in these documents. People with schizophrenia should be considered an at-risk population for HIV infection and other sexually transmitted diseases. Psychiatric research, policy and clinical practice need to develop rapidly to address this important aspect of a major public health problem.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	405-409
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing
Volume	9
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2850.2002.00511.x
Publication status	Published - Aug 2002

Keywords

Female
HIV Infections
Health Policy
Humans
Male
Physician's Practice Patterns
Research
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenic Psychology

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