A review of the literature on HIV infection and schizophrenia: Implications for research, policy and clinical practice

Gray, R.; Brewin, E.; Noak, J.; Wyke-Joseph, J.; Sonik, B.

Abstract

AIDS represents one of the major public health problems of the 21st century. Men having sex with men, injecting drug use and having multiple sexual partners are well-established risk behaviours for transmitting the HIV virus. People with schizophrenia are more likely to engage in these behaviours than the general population and as a result there is an increased prevalence of HIV infection in this group. However, many contemporary mental health policy reports fail to discuss the risk of HIV/AIDS in people with schizophrenia, and there are few specific references to sexual health promotion in these documents. People with schizophrenia should be considered an at-risk population for HIV infection and other sexually transmitted diseases. Psychiatric research, policy and clinical practice need to develop rapidly to address this important aspect of a major public health problem.

Citation

Gray, R., Brewin, E., Noak, J., Wyke-Joseph, J., & Sonik, B. (2002). A review of the literature on HIV infection and schizophrenia: Implications for research, policy and clinical practice. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2850.2002.00511.x

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Aug 8, 2002
• Publication Date: 2002-08
• Deposit Date: Feb 1, 2022
• Journal: Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
• Electronic ISSN: 1351-0126
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 9
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 405-409
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2850.2002.00511.x
• Keywords: AIDS, HIV, policy, practice, schizophrenia, sexual health
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2797731