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Dual Diagnosis: HIV and Mental Illness, a Population-Based Study

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This is a cross-sectional, population-based (n = 378,710) study using hospital discharge abstract data to determine the relative risk associated with having a dual diagnosis of mental illness and HIV/AIDS. The analysis addresses issues of gender, race, and age, as well as types of mental illness. Persons with a mental illness are 1.44 times more likely to have HIV/AIDS. Women are at increased risk of being dually diagnosed. There are no risk differences by race. Those with a specific diagnosis of substance abuse or a depressive disorder are more likely to have a diagnosis of HIV/AIDS.

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  1. Department of Health Administration, School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29208

    Carleen H. Stoskopf (Associate Professor)

  2. Department of Health Administration, School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29208

    Yang K. Kim (Post-Doctoral Fellow)

  3. Department of Health Administration, School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 29208

    Saundra H. Glover (Associate Professor)

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Stoskopf, C.H., Kim, Y.K. & Glover, S.H. Dual Diagnosis: HIV and Mental Illness, a Population-Based Study. Community Ment Health J 37, 469–479 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1017577827658

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