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A psychiatrist recalls life as a foster child by Cournos, F

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HIV prevention with severely mentally ill men: A randomised controlled trial by Berkman, A., Pilowsky, D. J., Zybert, P. A., Herman, D. B., Conover, S., Lemelle, S., Cournos, F., Hoepner, L. A., Susser, E.

“…We conducted a randomised clinical trial to test the efficacy of an enhanced version of an intervention previously shown to reduce HIV sexual risk behaviours…”
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HIV infection linked to substance use among hospitalized patients with severe mental illness by MCKINNON, K, COURNOS, F

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Sexual activity and risk of HIV infection among patients with schizophrenia by Cournos, F, Guido, J R, Coomaraswamy, S, Meyer-Bahlburg, H, Sugden, R, Horwath, E

“…This study sought to determine the frequency and types of sexual behavior among patients with schizophrenia and to assess the behavior with respect to risk of…”
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Assessing the Risk of Recidivism in Physicians with Histories of Sexual Misconduct by Tillinghast, E, Cournos, F

“…Physicians who engage in sexual conduct with patients usually cause serious harm and have a high rate of recidivism. Although offending physicians may lose…”
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Risk factors for homelessness among women with schizophrenia by Caton, C L, Shrout, P E, Dominguez, B, Eagle, P F, Opler, L A, Cournos, F

“…A study of risk factors for homelessness among the severely mentally ill was extended to include women, and a case-control study of 100 indigent women with…”
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Factors in homelessness among psychiatric patients by Cournos, F

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Research on HIV, AIDS, and severe mental illness: Recommendations from the NIMH national conference by McKinnon, Karen, Carey, Michael P., Cournos, Francine

“…We summarize the recommendations for research that emerged from a NIMH-sponsored Conference on HIV, AIDS, and Severe Mental Illness. Recommendations are made…”
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The impact of environmental factors on outcome in residential programs by Cournos, F

“…Although community residential placements are among the leading areas of program expansion for the chronic mentally ill, they have been designed without…”
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Classifying psychiatric disorders as communicable diseases – Authors' reply by Wainberg, Milton, Cournos, Francine

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Mandatory HIV Testing for the Mentally Ill by Cournos, Francine, Bakalar, Nicholas, Rotheram-Borus, Mary Jane

“…To the Editor: We are concerned that readers of the review by Rotheram-Borus of AIDS and People with Severe Mental Illness: A Handbook for Mental Health…”
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NMS and HIV by Horwath, Ewald, Cournos, Francine

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Involuntary medication and the case of Joyce Brown by Cournos, F

“…In October 1987, Joyce Brown became the first homeless person removed from New York City's streets and hospitalized under a city initiative that authorized…”
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Schizophrenia and comorbid human immunodeficiency virus or hepatitis C virus by Cournos, Francine, McKinnon, Karen, Sullivan, Greer

“…Patients with schizophrenia are at significantly increased risk for infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis C virus, or both. Several…”
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HIV seroprevalence among long-stay patients in a state psychiatric hospital by Meyer, I, McKinnon, K, Cournos, F, Empfield, M, Bavli, S, Engel, D, Weinstock, A

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HIV-1 infection at two public psychiatric hospitals in New York City by Cournos, F, Horwath, E, Guido, J R, McKinnon, K, Hopkins, N

“…Seroprevalence for HIV-1 was anonymously evaluated between November 1989 and July 1991 among severely mentally ill patients at two public psychiatric hospitals…”
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HIV risk activity among persons with severe mental illness: preliminary findings by Cournos, F, McKinnon, K, Meyer-Bahlburg, H, Guido, J R, Meyer, I

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Rivers in practice: clinicians' assessments of patients' decision-making capacity by McKinnon, K, Cournos, F, Stanley, B

“…Since the Rivers v. Katz decision in 1986, clinicians in New York State have been required to assess patient decision-making capacity before judicial review of…”
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Hospitalization outcome studies. Implications for the treatment of the very ill patient by Cournos, F

“…There are two basic findings from the hospitalization outcome literature: Active treatment is more effective than custodial care, and length-of-stay has little…”
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The Psychiatry of AIDS: A Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment by Cournos, Francine

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