Psychiatric disorders predispose to risky sexual behaviour
Psychiatric disorders and risky sexual behaviour have important public
health implications. On p 263 Ramrakha et al report on the relation
between the two in a birth cohort of 21 year olds based in New Zealand.
They found that illnesses such as depressive and eating disorders,
substance abuse, antisocial disorders, and manic episodes are
associated with greater sexual risk taking and increased reports of
sexually transmitted diseases and sexual intercourse at an early age.
Sexual risk taking is also increased with psychiatric comorbidity.
These results indicate the need to coordinate sexual medicine with
mental health services.
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