Does effective depression treatment alone reduce secondary HIV transmission risk? Equivocal findings from a randomized controlled trial

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2765-2772

  Tsai, Alexander C ^a,b   Mimiaga, Matthew J ^b,c   Dilley, James W ^d,e   Hammer, Gwendolyn P ^f   Karasic, Dan H ^d   Charlebois, Edwin D ^g   Sorensen, James L ^d   Safren, Steven A ^a,b,h   Bangsberg, David R ^a,b,i  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e IHealth Alliance   (United States)

^f California Department of Public Health   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h FENWAY INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Antidepressive agents; Depression; HIV; Homeless persons; Protected sex; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; FLUOXETINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FLUOXETINE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SAN FRANCISCO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 84885424173     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-013-0600-3     Document Type: Article

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