Open AccessThe Prevalence of Psychiatric Disorders in Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinic Patients and Their Association With Sexually Transmitted Disease Risk
Author(s) -
Emily J. Erbelding,
Heidi E. Hutton,
Jonathan M. Zenilman,
Wayne P. Hunt,
Constantine G. Lyketsos
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
sexually transmitted diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.507
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1537-4521
pISSN - 0148-5717
DOI - 10.1097/01.olq.0000105326.57324.6f
Subject(s) - medicine , antisocial personality disorder , psychiatry , psychopathology , sexually transmitted disease , personality disorders , odds ratio , psychological intervention , personality , syphilis , family medicine , poison control , injury prevention , psychology , social psychology , environmental health , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)
Psychiatric disorders could limit the success of behavioral counseling strategies. We evaluated the prevalence of psychiatric disorders among sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinic patients and their association with STD risk.