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Psychiatric Illnesses in Patients with HIV Infection and AIDS Referred to the Liaison Psychiatrist

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Ram Seth ,
Kenneth Granville-Grossman ,
David Goldmeier  and
Sean Lynch
Ram Seth*
Affiliation:
Bethlem Royal and Maudsley Hospital
Kenneth Granville-Grossman
Affiliation:
St Mary's Hospital, Praed Street, London W2 1NY
David Goldmeier
Affiliation:
St Mary's Hospital, Praed Street, London W2 1NY
Sean Lynch
Affiliation:
St Mary's Hospital, Praed Street, London W2 1NY
*
∗The Dulwich Hospital, North Wing (East Home), St Francis∗ Road, London SE22 8DF
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Abstract

All referrals made to the liaison psychiatric service for HIV and AIDS patients over one year were reviewed. ICD–9 and CDC diagnoses were applied to each case at presentation. Sixty HIV-positive patients were assessed, of whom 35 had affective disorder, which was significantly associated with CDC group IV disease (AIDS). Adjustment reaction was seen in nine patients, paranoid states in six, dementia in four, personality changes in four and paranoid schizophrenia in two. CT scans of the brain were performed on 23 of the patients: 17 of these showed abnormalities. The proportion of registered AIDS patients who were referred was five times the proportion of HIV patients.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 159 , Issue 3 , September 1991 , pp. 347 - 350
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Copyright © 1991 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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