title: A randomized trial of a brief HIV risk reduction intervention for men with severe mental illness.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  A six-session version of a longer, 15-session social skills intervention for reducing high-risk sexual behaviors among men with severe mental illness was assessed.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ninety-two men were randomly assigned to the intervention or to a two-hour standard HIV educational session, and their sexual risk behaviors were assessed every six weeks for six months.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among the sexually active men (33 in the intervention group and 23 in the control group), a twofold reduction in sexual risk behaviors was found for the intervention group. This reduction was less than the threefold reduction seen for the original 15-session intervention and was not statically significant.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Further study is required to determine the optimal balance between efficacy and feasibility of this intervention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY 10032, USA. ab376@columbia.edu
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berkman
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cerwonka
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sohler
authors.forename: Ezra
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Susser
mesh_terms: D001521:Behavior Therapy; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D012309:Risk-Taking; D012725:Sexual Behavior