HIV AND AIDS AMONG THE SEVERELY MENTALLY-ILL - INTRODUCTION TO THE SPECIAL SERIES

Men and women who have a severe and persistent mental illness are vuln erable to infection with HIV. Recognition of this vulnerability led th e Office of AIDS at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to invite leading practitioners, researchers, consumer advocates, and pol icy makers to a National Conference on HIV and AIDS among the Severely Mentally Ill. This article describes the proceedings of the Conferenc e and provides an overview of the resulting summary reports that compr ise this special issue. (C) 1997-Elsevier Science Ltd.