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Article: The sexual partnerships of people with serious mental illness.
- Article from:
- The Journal of Sex Research
- Article date:
- May 1, 2006
- Author:
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The transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) among people with serious mental illness has garnered attention in the public health community over the past 20 years (National Institute of Mental Health, 2002). Seroprevalence rates among people with serious mental illness are typically higher than in the general population and have most recently been estimated at between 1.0% and 5.4% (Essock et al., 2003; Rosenberg et al., 2001).
Because of this elevated risk, clinicians and public health officials recognize an eminent need for research on patterns of sexual behavior in this population (Buckley, Robben, ...