Relationship of Stigma to HIV Risk Among Women with Mental Illness

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 498-506

  Collins, Pamela Y ^a,b   Elkington, Katherine S ^c   von Unger, Hella ^d   Sweetland, Annika ^a   Wright, Eric R ^e   Zybert, Patricia A ^f  

^a Department of Psychiatry ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Department of Neurology   (United States)

^d WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV sexual risk; severe mental illness; stigma; women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58649120490     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014581     Document Type: Article

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