Researchers at the Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center and the Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University studied 222 teenagers with psychiatric disorders. Those teens who felt uncomfortable and distressed about using and/or discussing condoms were their partners were less likely to use them.
"Helping teens decrease stress and increase skills is a critical component to HIV prevention," Dr. Celia Lescano, lead author of the study, said. This study appears in the Journal of Prevention and Intervention in the Community.
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