Author:
David Elizabeth H.,Taylor Erica
Abstract
Abstract
This chapter discusses the psychiatric concomitants of HIV illness and the role of psychiatric care in the overall treatment of HIV populations. It reviewers the bidirectional causes of the close association between HIV infection and psychiatric illness/symptoms. The learner will recognize symptoms that suggest the presence of a psychiatric component to the patient’s clinical presentation. Lastly, general principles of treatment are offered, and situations when specific intervention by mental health professionals is needed are described.
Publisher
Oxford University PressNew York