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Issues in co-morbid severe mental illnesses in HIV infected individuals.

Angelino AF, Treisman GJ

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Patients with comorbid HIV and serious mental illnesses pose particular difficulties for clinicians. Presentation of several mental disturbances can be similar, and often significanlty complicate the management of advancing HIV disease. In this article, we will review the assessment and management of four serious mental conditions in HIV-infected patients: delirium, dementia, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

Published 1 February 2008 in Int Rev Psychiatry, 20(1): 95-101.
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