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HIV/AIDS Risk Factors

Depression and drug use do not account for STD and HIV epidemics in southern U.S.

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, August 27th, 2006

Major depression, alcohol, and drug use disorders do not appear to account for the sexually transmitted disease and HIV epidemics in the southern United States.

According to recent research from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "Sexually transmitted disease (STD) and HIV infection are occurring at epidemic rates in the southern region of the United States. Depression and substance use disorders are associated with sexual risk behavior, so we investigated whether regionwide societal rates of major depression or substance use disorders could explain the higher southern rates."

"Data came from two surveys, the National Longitudinal...

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