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Sexual risk reduction for patients with mental illness: Evidence of efficacy and reasons for hope

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Carey, M.P. Sexual risk reduction for patients with mental illness: Evidence of efficacy and reasons for hope. Curr Infect Dis Rep 7, 85–86 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11908-005-0065-2

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