The Prevalence and Characteristics of Suicidality in HIV/AIDS as Seen in an African Population in Entebbe District, Uganda

Authors

Eugene Kinyanda, MRC/UVRI Uganda Research Unit on AIDS
Susan Hoskins, Medical Research Council
Juliet Nakku, Butabika National Psychiatric Referral Hospital
Saira Nawaz, Dartmouth College
Vikram Patel, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

6-18-2012

Publication Title

BioMed Central Psychiatry

Abstract

Suicidality in HIV/AIDS is not only a predictor of future attempted suicide and completed suicide, it is also associated with poor quality of life and poor adherence with antiretroviral therapy. This paper examines the prevalence and correlates of suicidality in HIV/AIDS in the African nation of Uganda.

DOI

10.1186/1471-244X-12-63

Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation

Kinyanda, Eugene; Hoskins, Susan; Nakku, Juliet; Nawaz, Saira; and Patel, Vikram, "The Prevalence and Characteristics of Suicidality in HIV/AIDS as Seen in an African Population in Entebbe District, Uganda" (2012). Dartmouth Scholarship. 664.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/664