Document 0766
 DOCN  M9480766
 TI    Family planning needs of male chronic mental patients in the general
       hospital psychiatry clinic.
 DT    9410
 AU    Coverdale JH; Schotte D; Ruiz P; Pharies S; Bayer T; Department of
       Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston,; Texas.
 SO    Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 1994 Jan;16(1):38-41. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94314192
 AB    We investigated the parenting history, contraceptive behavior, and
       contraceptive needs of 35 male chronic mental patients seen at an urban
       outpatient psychiatric clinic. Most patients had fathered children, but
       60% of the children less than 16 years of age were not being reared by
       their biological father. Forty-one percent of the patients who had
       sexual intercourse during the preceding year and had not wanted children
       reported that they or their sexual partner had not used contraception at
       the time of last intercourse. Patients were reportedly at significant
       risk of fathering unwanted children and sexually transmitted diseases.
       Strategies for preventing unwanted pregnancies within this population
       are discussed.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/PREVENTION & CONTROL/
       PSYCHOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  Adult  Affective Disorders,
       Psychotic/PSYCHOLOGY/REHABILITATION  Contraception Behavior  *Family
       Planning  *Health Services Needs and Demand  *Hospitalization  Human
       Internal-External Control  Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice  Male  Mental
       Disorders/PSYCHOLOGY/*REHABILITATION  Middle Age  Organic Mental
       Disorders/PSYCHOLOGY/REHABILITATION  Parenting/PSYCHOLOGY  Psychotic
       Disorders/PSYCHOLOGY/REHABILITATION  Schizophrenia/REHABILITATION
       Schizophrenic Psychology  Sex Behavior  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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