Hepatitis C in psychiatry inpatients: Testing rates, prevalence and risk behaviours

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 315-319

  Lacey, Cameron ^a   Ellen, Steve ^a   Devlin, Harriet ^a   Wright, Edwina ^a   Mijch, Anne ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hepatitis C; Serious mental illness

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE; CANNABIS; DIAMORPHINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; BLOOD DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEPATITIS C; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNSAFE SEX; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEPATITIS C; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK-TAKING; VICTORIA;

EID: 34447512626     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10398560701358113     Document Type: Article

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