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HIV Infection: Psychiatric Findings in the Netherlands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Herman N. Sno ,
Jitschak G. Storosum  and
Jan A. Swinkels
Herman N. Sno*
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Jitschak G. Storosum
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Jan A. Swinkels
Affiliation:
University Department of Psychiatry, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
*
Academic Medical Centre, Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Abstract

A psychiatric consultation was requested in 51 in-patient cases of HIV infection. Reasons for referral included counselling, the evaluation of depressive symptoms, and the treatment of delirium. The most common DSM–III diagnoses included: delirium (n = 13), major depressive disorders (n = 12), dementia (n = 5), and adjustment disorders with depressive or anxious mood (n = 5). The psychiatric treatment of patients with HIV infection does not differ fundamentally from that of other medically ill patients with similar psychiatric symptoms. However, the psychiatric treatment of patients with HIV infection can be hampered by the fear of contagion, negative attitudes towards homosexuals and drug users, and overidentification or avoidance reactions.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 155 , Issue 6 , December 1989 , pp. 814 - 817
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1989 

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