title: HIV-related risk behaviors among psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents and school-based adolescents.
abstract: The authors compared the responses of 76 adolescents on an inpatient psychiatric service with those of 802 school-based adolescents in the same city regarding HIV risk behaviors. The psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents reported a significantly higher rate of sexual and drug-related behaviors that involve a risk for contracting sexually transmitted disease, including HIV-related illnesses.
authors.affiliation: Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, Department of Psychiatry, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: DiClemente
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Ponton
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000523:psychology / Q000635:transmission*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D016485:Needle Sharing / Q000523:psychology; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012725:Sexual Behavior