Psychiatric, behavioural and social risk factors for HIV infection among female drug users

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1834-1843

  Gilchrist, Gail ^a,b   Blazquez, Alicia ^a   Torrens, Marta ^a,c,d  

^a HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute of Neuropsychiatry and Addictions   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antisocial personality disorder; Female drug users; HIV; HIV risk behaviours; Substance induced depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SPAIN; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE SHARING; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPAIN; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84555203851     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-011-9991-1     Document Type: Article

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