Rates and types of psychiatric disorders in perinatally human immunodeficiency virus‐infected youth and seroreverters

A. Mellins, Claude; Brackis‐Cott, Elizabeth; Leu, Cheng‐Shiun; S. Elkington, Katherine; Dolezal, Curtis; Wiznia, Andrew; M. McKay, Mary; Bamji, Mahrukh; J. Abrams, Elaine

doi:10.1111/j.1469-7610.2009.02069.x

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Rates and types of psychiatric disorders in perinatally human immunodeficiency virus‐infected youth and seroreverters

Published in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry • Feb 27, 2009

Authors:

Claude A. Mellins

Elizabeth Brackis‐Cott

Cheng‐Shiun Leu

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to examine 1) the prevalence of psychiatric and substance use disorders in perinatally HIV-infected (HIV+) adolescents and 2) the association between HIV infection and these mental health outcomes by comparing HIV+ youths to HIV exposed but uninfected youths...

Subject

Psychiatry

Panic disorder

Conduct disorder

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