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[Mental disorders in patients with HIV infection: systematics and features of development]
1Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia.
Objective:
To identify and systematize characteristics and patterns of formation and development of mental disorders in HIV-infection.
Material And Methods:
Two hundred and fifty patients with HIV-infection and 50 injection drug users, aged 18-50 years, were examined. Most of HIV-infected people were aged from 21 to 40 years. In addition to clinical and psychopathological methods, clinical laboratory instrumentation and experimental psychological method were used.
Results And Conclusion:
Mental disorders in HIV-infected patients include psychogenic-reactive, exogenous organic and personality disorders. The dynamics of these disorders depends on the combined effects of somatogenic, nosogenic and premorbid personality factors.
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