NEUROPSYCHIATRIC MANIFESTATIONS IN HIV POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS - Krishna, Kavita;Sanjeev Taneja, Dr.;Uday Gokhale, Dr.
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AIDS has been known to have a wide variety of systemic manifestations but the associated psychiatric problems go undetected by the treating physicians. Out of the 100 patients assessed, 36% patients had neurological manifestations, with 47 neurological events. Meningitis was most common (19 patients) followed by mass lesions in 6. Psychiatric symptoms were seen in 78%. Depression was most common (45 patients) , followed by anxiety in 25 and adjustment disorder in 6. These AIDS related mental disturbances could be attributed to the psychological reactions to systemic illnesses, effects of…mehr

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AIDS has been known to have a wide variety of systemic manifestations but the associated psychiatric problems go undetected by the treating physicians. Out of the 100 patients assessed, 36% patients had neurological manifestations, with 47 neurological events. Meningitis was most common (19 patients) followed by mass lesions in 6. Psychiatric symptoms were seen in 78%. Depression was most common (45 patients) , followed by anxiety in 25 and adjustment disorder in 6. These AIDS related mental disturbances could be attributed to the psychological reactions to systemic illnesses, effects of psychosocial stressors associated with the disease or opportunistic infections of the central nervous system.
Autorenporträt
Dr.(Mrs.)Kavita Krishna, M.D.,D.N.B.(Internal Medicine), is aProfessor of Medicine at Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical College & Bharati Hospital, Pune, India. A sincere academician and anastute clinician, she has numerous publications in variousinternational and national journals, besides many researchprojects to her credit.