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HIV Infection Associated with Symptoms Indistinguishable from Functional Psychosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Neil Buhrich ,
David A. Cooper  and
Edgar Freed
Neil Buhrich*
Affiliation:
St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney and NH & MRC Special Unit in AIDS Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of New South Wales
David A. Cooper
Affiliation:
Centre for Immunology, St Vincent's Hospital and NH & MRC Special Unit in AIDS Epidemiology
Edgar Freed
Affiliation:
St Vincent's Hospital
*
∗Psychiatric Department, St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales 2010, Australia
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Abstract

Patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), who present with or develop psychotic symptoms, almost invariably have evidence of cognitive impairment. Three psychotic patients, one with AIDS, and two with AIDS-related complex (ARC), who showed no evidence of cognitive impairment, are reported. It is suggested that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may produce symptoms indistinguishable from those seen in the functional psychoses.

Type
Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 152 , Issue 5 , May 1988 , pp. 649 - 653
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1988 

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