Michael B. Blank|Seth Himelhoch|Alexandra B. Balaji|David Metzger|Lisa B. Dixon|Charles E. Rose|Emeka Oraka|Annet Davis-Vogel|W. Thompson|James D. Heffelfinger
A Multisite Study of the Prevalence of HIV With Rapid Testing in Mental Health Settings
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objectives estimated hiv prevalence risk factors among persons receiving mental health treatment philadelphia pennsylvania baltimore maryland january 2009 august 2011 methods used multisite crosssectional design stratified clinical setting tested 1061 individuals hiv universitybased inpatient psychiatric units n 287 intensive casemanagement programs n 273 community mental health centers n 501 results fiftyone individuals 48 hivinfected confirmed positive hiv tests 59 95 confidence interval ci 37 94 inpatient units 51 95 ci 31 85 intensive casemanagement programs 40 95 ci 26 61 community mental health centers characteristics associated hiv included black race homosexual bisexual identity hcv infection conclusions hiv prevalence individuals receiving mental health services 4 times high general population found positive association psychiatric symptom severity hiv infection indicating engaging persons mental illness appropriate mental health treatment may important hiv prevention findings reinforce recommendations routine hiv testing clinical settings ensure hivinfected persons receiving mental health services identified referred timely infectious disease care