HIV prevalence in persons with severe mental illness in Uganda: A cross-sectional hospital-based study

International Journal of Mental Health Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Lundberg, Patric ^a   Nakasujja, Noeline ^b   Musisi, Seggane ^b   Thorson, Anna Ekéus ^a   Cantor Graae, Elizabeth ^c   Allebeck, Peter ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

HIV; Low income country; Mental illness; Prevalence; Psychosis; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; UGANDA;

EID: 84880181741     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17524458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-4458-7-20     Document Type: Article

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