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AIDS as a Current Psychopathological Theme

A Report on Five Heterosexual Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

John Todd
John Todd*
Affiliation:
Royal Air Force Hospital, Wegberg, West Germany BFPO 40
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Abstract

Five patients are described, whose common fear of contracting, or a belief of having contracted, AIDS is the presenting feature. There is a need for liaison with psychiatrists in the provision of counselling services for AIDS patients.

Type
Brief Reports
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 154 , Issue 2 , February 1989 , pp. 253 - 255
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989 

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