       Document 0191
 DOCN  M9610191
 TI    Characteristics of HIV-positive chronically mentally ill inpatients.
 DT    9601
 AU    Meyer I; Empfield M; Engel D; Cournos F; Creedmoor Psychiatric Center,
       USA.
 SO    Psychiatr Q. 1995 Fall;66(3):201-7. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/96040357
 AB    The growing population of chronically mentally ill persons who are
       HIV-positive or who have AIDS has not yet been adequately studied. We
       describe the entire population of known HIV-positive inpatients in a
       state psychiatric center in New York City. In this sample, the typical
       patient with known HIV infection is as likely to be a man as a woman and
       is a member of an ethnic minority group. HIV-positive patients had
       multiple risks for HIV infection including injecting drug use (IDU), sex
       with IDU partners, prostitution and male homosexual activity. Most
       patients were at a late stage of HIV-infection, typically with CD4+ cell
       counts of 400. Discharge plans were complicated by HIV illness and most
       HIV-positive patients had a longer length of hospital stay than non
       HIV-positive patients. We discuss the need to plan for the management of
       increasing numbers of HIV-positive patients in inpatient, outpatient,
       and residential facilities.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/EPIDEMIOLOGY/PSYCHOLOGY/
       TRANSMISSION  Adult  Chronic Disease  Combined Modality Therapy
       Cross-Sectional Studies  Female  Hospitals, Psychiatric  Hospitals,
       State  Human  HIV Seropositivity/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/PSYCHOLOGY/TRANSMISSION
       Incidence  Male  Mental
       Disorders/*EPIDEMIOLOGY/PSYCHOLOGY/REHABILITATION  Middle Age  Minority
       Groups/PSYCHOLOGY/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA  New York City/EPIDEMIOLOGY
       Patient Care Team  Patient Discharge  Risk Factors  Support, Non-U.S.
       Gov't  Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.  Urban Population/*STATISTICS & NUMER
       DATA  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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