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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Last updated: 06 Aug 2020 Burden of disease is a measure of the years of healthy life lost from living with, or dying from disease and injury. A portion of this burden is preventable, being due to modifiable risk factors. This report provides information on the deaths and burden of disease due to risk factors included in the Australian Burden of...

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Patients with Severe Mental Illnesses Slip Between Cracks in HIV Testing

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University of California San Francisco, January 2017

People with bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and major depression with psychosis may be up to 15 more likely than the general population to be HIV positive, but are only marginally more likely to be tested for the virus, according to a study headed by UC San Francisco.

People with mental illness more likely to be tested for HIV

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Science Daily, December 4, 2014
People with mental illness are more likely to have been tested for HIV than those without mental illness, according to a new study from a team of researchers in the USA.
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Patients with Severe Mental Illnesses Slip Between Cracks in HIV Testing

People with mental illness more likely to be tested for HIV