HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY RISK REDUCTION AND SEVERE MENTAL-ILLNESS

Human immunodeficiency virus seroprevalence in individuals with severe mental illness has been reported to be significantly higher than that in the general population, Education and prevention programmes based on cognitive behavioural theories have recently been shown to be effec tive in reducing human immunodeficiency virus risk behaviours in this group. The present review provides an outline of currently available l iterature on the subject, Curr Opin Psychiatry 11:615-619. (C) 1998 Li ppincott Williams & Wilkins.