title: HIV infection among young adults with psychotic disorders.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The authors examined HIV infection among young adults with newly diagnosed psychotic disorders.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was based on a research cohort of 320 first-admission patients aged 20-39 years in a semirural-suburban county. Research assessments and medical records were systematically reviewed for information about HIV status.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Despite the fact that few patients were tested for HIV, 12 (3.8%) of the 320 patients had a known HIV infection. In all 12 cases, the HIV infection was contracted before the onset of psychosis. AIDS was the leading cause of mortality in the 320 patients.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The HIV epidemic may be having an important effect on the etiology and the course of psychotic disorders.
authors.affiliation: HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, Columbia University, New York City, NY, USA.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Susser
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Colson
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jandorf
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berkman
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lavelle
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fennig
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Waniek
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bromet
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002423:Cause of Death; D015331:Cohort Studies; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology