L K Brown

..It was hypothesized that STAR would lead to a decrease in sexual risk and improved HIV knowledge and attitudes...

..Adolescents in mental health treatment have been found to have higher rates of HIV risk behavior than their peers, but data concerning the relationship between psychopathology and risk are inconsistent and limited...

..We determined the association of demographic, psychosocial, and contextual factors with condom use among a large community sample of at-risk adolescents recruited from four locations in the U.S...

..The present study aimed to test the hypothesis that adolescents who repeatedly self-cut would report more HIV risk behaviors and riskier attitudes than those who had engaged in infrequent self-injury...

..These data suggest that screening for DV is associated with consistent screening practices for other risk behaviors. Screening rates may be improved with training and adherence to specific protocols...

..To understand the prospective relationship between depressive symptoms and sexual risk behavior among a community sample of African American adolescents...

..This study compared the HIV-risk-related behaviors and attitudes of adolescents with and without a history of sexual abuse who were in intensive psychiatric treatment...

..To determine the factors associated with the adoption or maintenance of consistent safer sexual behaviors among human immunodeficiency virus-positive adolescents and young adults with hemophilia...

..Self-cutting is strongly associated with sexual risk behaviors, and adolescents who engage in self-cutting should be assessed carefully for sexual risk behaviors...

..These data suggest the important role that a well-functioning team can have in buffering the inevitable stresses associated with HIV care. Mental Health professionals have considerable expertise in addressing these issues...

..This study sought to determine predictors of HIV testing among a large community-based sample of adolescents in three cities who had recent unprotected sexual intercourse...

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..To examine health risk behaviors in distressed youth living with HIV (YLH) with problem substance use...

..This review outlines recent developments that hold promise to effectively reduce the treatment burden on the infected, their families, and health care providers and to decrease the incidence of transmission to the uninfected...

..To conduct a critical review of all HIV prevention intervention studies conducted with adolescents in juvenile justice settings to inform future intervention development...

..In this synthesis of the relevant literature, cultural factors that have been identified as relevant to Latino sexuality are reviewed and implications for family-based intervention with Latinos are addressed...

..This study examined the association between sexual abuse (SA) and sex risk in girls and boys placed in alternative and therapeutic school settings while controlling for psychiatric problems...

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..Mental health disorders and family distress may make such discussions challenging but are not an insurmountable barrier to direct discussions about condoms...

..These analyses suggest that the ARI can be useful in quickly identifying the broad range of risk behaviors found among adolescents with psychiatric disorders...

..A history of suicidal behavior can be identified by clinicians and appears to be an important marker for sexual risk, which may represent an expression of emotional distress or a passive form of self-injury for suicidal adolescents...

..However, little is known about the relationship between depressive symptoms, substance use, and HIV risk among youth who traditionally present with behavioral symptoms...

..43). Self-efficacy regarding condom use during affective arousal is closely associated with HIV-related attitudes and behaviors. Clinicians need to be alert to subtle signs of distress as adolescents contemplate safer sexual behavior...

..Thus, this study sought to investigate the acceptability of rapid HIV testing among African-American college students in a nontraditional setting on a historically black college/university (HBCU) campus...

..To use cluster analysis to determine profiles of adolescents at risk for HIV...

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..This study examined adolescents' attitudes about and behaviors toward condom use with "casual" vs. "main" sexual partners...

..To examine the feasibility and acceptance of HIV testing among youth in acute substance abuse treatment...

..Self-esteem should be considered when designing and evaluating sexual risk reduction programs for this population...

..This study will produce a family-based intervention that will have utility with adolescents with SMI and their parents and is thus capable of impacting the large number of teens in outpatient mental health treatment. ..

..The results are capable of impacting the large number of teens in therapeutic settings treatment as well as informing other interventions with high-risk youth. ..

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..2) Understanding factors related to delay of sex and STI incidence especially among vulnerable youth with high rates of psychiatric comorbidities is important in reducing HIV infections. ..

..Curriculum needs can be satisfied by HIV - specific seminars, general research design seminars, and by tutorial in addition to formal courses at Brown or nearby universities. ..

..2) Understanding factors related to delay of sex and STI incidence especially among vulnerable youth with high rates of psychiatric comorbidities is important in reducing HIV infections. ..

..2) Understanding factors related to delay of sex and STI incidence especially among vulnerable youth with high rates of psychiatric comorbidities is important in reducing HIV infections. ..

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..Condom use attitudes will be measured, including intentions, decisional balance, peer and family norms, and self-efficacy. These variables will be examined at pretest, at posttest, and at three-and six-month follow-up. ..

..We expect that our Integrated Treatment Program, an intensive treatment within the juvenile justice setting that involves parents and targets multiple areas of concern, will result in better outcomes for these multi-problem youth. ..