HIV among people with chronic mental illness
HIV among people with chronic mental illness
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DOI：
10.1023/a:1012888500896
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发表时间：
2002-03-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Herman, R
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作者：
McKinnon, K;Cournos, F;Herman, R
在患有严重精神疾病的人中，艾滋病毒感染、性传播疾病以及性和药物使用危险行为的发生率很高。临床医生往往最有能力将精神病患者与他们所需的特定艾滋病毒相关服务联系起来。这些可能包括预防干预、风险评估、抗体检测咨询和医疗护理。这篇综述文章描述了艾滋病在这一人群中的流行及其基础，以努力帮助临床医生认识到他们的患者何时面临感染或传播病毒的风险，并通过一系列相关服务进行适当和有效的干预。强调了培训的重要性，以提高临床医生在提供这些服务时的技能和舒适度。精神病患者的生命和福祉受到艾滋病疫情的威胁，临床医生可以采取许多措施，将艾滋病毒和艾滋病对医院、诊所和其他精神病治疗机构客户的破坏性影响降至最低。
Rates of HIV infection, STDs, and sexual and drug-use risk behaviors are high among people with severe mental illness. Clinicians often are in the best position to connect psychiatric patients to the particular HIV-related services they need. These may include prevention interventions, risk assessment, antibody test counseling, and medical care. This review article describes the AIDS epidemic and its underpinnings in this population in an effort to help clinicians to recognize when their patients are at risk for acquiring or transmitting the virus and to intervene appropriately and effectively with an array of relevant services. The importance of training to enhance clinicians' skills and comfort in delivering these services is emphasized. The lives and well-being of psychiatric patients are threatened by the AIDS epidemic, and there is much clinicians can do to minimize the devastating impact of HIV and AIDS on clients in hospitals, clinics, and other psychiatric treatment settings.