Why the Treatment of Mental Disorders Is an Important Component of HIV Prevention among People Who Inject Drugs

People who inject drugs are more likely to be HIV positive and to have a mental disorder than the general population. We explore how the detection and treatment of mental illness among people who are injecting drugs are essential to primary and secondary prevention of HIV infection in this populatio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Elizabeth Buckingham, Ezra Schrage, Francine Cournos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Advances in Preventive Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/690386