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Published on: October 31, 2010
Dual diagnosis: HIV and mental illness, a population-based study
C H Stoskopf1, Y K Kim, S H Glover
1Department of Administration, School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208, USA. cstoskopf@sph.sc.edu
Abstract:
This is a cross-sectional, population-based (n = 378,710) study using hospital discharge abstract data to determine the relative risk associated with having a dual diagnosis of mental illness and HIV/AIDS. The analysis addresses issues of gender, race, and age, as well as types of mental illness. Persons with a mental illness are 1.44 times more likely to have HIV/AIDS. Women are at increased risk of being dually diagnosed. There are no risk differences by race. Those with a specific diagnosis of substance abuse or a depressive disorder are more likely to have a diagnosis of HIV/AIDS.
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