Psychiatric care for patients with HIV infection. The varying perspectives

Psychosomatics. 1993 Sep-Oct;34(5):432-9. doi: 10.1016/S0033-3182(93)71847-2.

Abstract

This article reviews the literature on the classification and treatment of psychiatric morbidity associated with infection from the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The psychiatric disorders seen in HIV-infected patients are formulated by using one of the following four perspectives as treatment guides: 1) the syndromal or disease perspective, 2) the dispositional or personality perspective, 3) the behavioral or addictive perspective, and 4) the life story perspective.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Antipsychotic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Comorbidity
  • Delirium / complications
  • Delirium / drug therapy
  • Delirium / therapy
  • Depressive Disorder / complications*
  • Depressive Disorder / drug therapy*
  • Depressive Disorder / therapy
  • Female
  • HIV Seropositivity / complications*
  • HIV Seropositivity / psychology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Personality Disorders / complications
  • Personality Disorders / therapy
  • Psychotherapy
  • Psychotic Disorders / complications
  • Psychotic Disorders / drug therapy
  • Psychotic Disorders / therapy

Substances

  • Antipsychotic Agents