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AIDS and people with mental handicaps
Author(s) -
Jones Chris
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of the british institute of mental handicap (apex)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.633
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1468-3156
pISSN - 0261-9997
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-3156.1987.tb00429.x
Subject(s) - ignorance , anxiety , psychology , relation (database) , mental health , psychiatry , social psychology , medicine , clinical psychology , epistemology , computer science , philosophy , database
People with mental handicaps are not generally considered a “high risk” group in relation to the spread of AIDS. However, carers and educators have a responsibility to translate the basic messages about AIDS into a form which is understandable and appropriate for them. Some individuals who are mentally handicapped may be very much at risk through certain sexual behaviour coupled with ignorance. Many others may be caused needless anxiety because of mistaken or half‐understood ideas about AIDS. A strategy for educating people with mental handicaps about AIDS is suggested.