Sexual risk behaviours and sexual abuse in persons with severe mental illness in Uganda: A qualitative study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Lundberg, Patric ^a   Johansson, Eva ^a,b   Okello, Elialilia ^c   Allebeck, Peter ^a   Thorson, Anna ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; INFECTION RISK; LIBIDO; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UGANDA; ADOLESCENT; DEMOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL CRIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855483925     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029748     Document Type: Article

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