NEUROPSYCHIATRIC MANIFESTATIONS IN HIV POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS

NEUROPSYCHIATRIC MANIFESTATIONS IN HIV POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS

Review of 100 HIV positive individuals with detailed study of neurological events and various psychiatric manifestations

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AIDS has been known to have a wide variety of systemic manifestations but the associated psychiatric problems go undetected by the treating physicians. Out of the 100 patients assessed, 36% patients had neurological manifestations, with 47 neurological events. Meningitis was most common (19 patients) followed by mass lesions in 6. Psychiatric symptoms were seen in 78%. Depression was most common (45 patients) , followed by anxiety in 25 and adjustment disorder in 6. These AIDS related mental disturbances could be attributed to the psychological reactions to systemic illnesses, effects of psych...