Risky Sexual Behavior among Patients in Turkey with Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia, and Heroin Addiction

Hariri A. G., Karadag F., Gokalp P., Essizoglu A.

JOURNAL OF SEXUAL MEDICINE, vol.8, no.8, pp.2284-2291, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 8 Issue: 8
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Doi Number: 10.1111/j.1743-6109.2011.02282.x
  • Journal Name: JOURNAL OF SEXUAL MEDICINE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.2284-2291
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Aim. Risky sexual behavior associated with such sexually transmitted infections (STIs) as hepatitis B and C, herpes, Treponema pallidum, and Neisseria gonorrhoeae, is more frequent among psychiatric patients and parenteral drug abusers than the general population. The aim of this study was to investigate risky sexual behavior in psychiatric outpatients diagnosed with schizophrenia (SCH), bipolar disorder, and heroin addiction (HA), and to compare them with those observed in healthy controls.