Relationship between psychiatric disease and neuropsychological impairment in HIV seropositive individuals.
Publication/Presentation Date
11-1-1995
Abstract
Neuropsychological impairment and DSM-III-R Axis I psychiatric diagnoses were evaluated in a heterogenous group of HIV seropositive individuals and seronegative individuals with similar risk factors for HIV infection. Neuropsychological and psychiatric disorders were common in the HIV seropositive group, but there were no relationships between these two aspects of neuropsychiatric dysfunction in seropositive patients. Results indicate that psychiatric disorders in HIV seropositive individuals tend to predate infection and decrease over time following knowledge of seroconversion, suggesting that they are primarily a function of psychosocial factors. Neuropsychological disorders are specific to HIV seropositive patients and tend to increase over time following seroconversion, suggesting that they are due to neurological effects of HIV-infection.
Volume
1
Issue
6
First Page
581
Last Page
588
ISSN
1355-6177
Published In/Presented At
Bix, B. C., Glosser, G., Holmes, W., Ballas, C., Meritz, M., Hutelmyer, C., & Turner, J. (1995). Relationship between psychiatric disease and neuropsychological impairment in HIV seropositive individuals. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS, 1(6), 581–588. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1355617700000722
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences | Psychiatry
PubMedID
9375246
Department(s)
Department of Psychiatry
Document Type
Article