HIV/AIDS Mental Health
Psychiatric disorders prevalent in youth with perinatally-acquired HIV infection
Published in Mental Health Weekly Digest, July 31st, 2006
According to recent research published in the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, "Clinical reports from the United States indicate substantive mental health problems in perinatally human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected youth that pose substantial barriers to optimizing their health.
"This pilot study explores rates and types of psychiatric and substance use disorders, as well as emotional and behavioral functioning in perinatally HIV-infected children and adolescents."
"Forty-seven perinatally-infected youths (9-16 years of age)...
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