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Psychiatric aspects of HIV-1 infection and AIDS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Mario Maj
Mario Maj*
Affiliation:
World Health Organization Division of Mental Health/Global Programme on AIDS, Geneva, Switzerland
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1Address for correspondence: Professor Mario Maj, Division of Mental Health, World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, CH-1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland.
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Synopsis

The literature on the psychiatric aspects of HIV-1 infection is reviewed. The whole range of psychiatric disorders described in HIV-1 infected subjects, from HIV-1 dementia to adjustment disorders, is covered, along with the AIDS-related psychopathology which may develop in subjects without HIV-1 infection.

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Psychological Medicine , Volume 20 , Issue 3 , August 1990 , pp. 547 - 563
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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