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Neuropsychiatric aspects of HIV infection: a liaison psychiatry study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

B Grassi ,
G Garghentini ,
O Gambini  and
S Scarone
B Grassi
Affiliation:
Department of Neuropsychiatric Sciences, Istituto Scientifico, Ospedale San Raffaele, University of Milan Medical School of Medicine, Milan
G Garghentini
Affiliation:
Department of Neuropsychiatric Sciences, Istituto Scientifico, Ospedale San Raffaele, University of Milan Medical School of Medicine, Milan
O Gambini
Affiliation:
Department of Neuropsychiatric Sciences, Istituto Scientifico, Ospedale San Raffaele, University of Milan Medical School of Medicine, Milan
S Scarone*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Ospedale San Paolo, University of Milan Medical School of Medicine, Milan, Italy
*
*Correspondence and reprints: Prof S Scarone, Psichiatria Ovest, Ospedale San Paolo, via A. di Rudini, 8, 20142 Milan. Italy
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Summary

All the HIV-infected patients having referred to our Liaison Psychiatry Service between October 1992 and June 1994 were considered in this study. Seventy patients underwent psychiatric assessment and medical/neurological evaluation. Forty-seven of these patients were also subjected to cognitive/neuropsychological examination by means of the Milan Overall Dementia Assessment (MODA). Depressive episodes, adjustment disorders and substance abuse were the most frequently encountered diagnoses. Taking into account neuropsychological data, we found that symptomatic patients performed worse on tests than did asymptomatic ones.

Keywords

HIVliaison psychiatryneuropsychologyMilan Overall Dementia Assessment (MODA)
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European Psychiatry , Volume 12 , Issue 1 , 1997 , pp. 16 - 20
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Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1997

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