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Mood and Psychiatric Disturbance in HIV and AIDS: Changes Over Time

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Mary Fell ,
Stanton Newman ,
Mary Herns ,
Pauline Durrance ,
Hadi Manji ,
Sean Connolly ,
Ruth McAllister ,
Ian Weller  and
Michael Harrison
Mary Fell
Affiliation:
Department of Academic Psychiatry, University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, Middlesex Hospital, Mortimer Street, London W1N 8AA
Stanton Newman*
Affiliation:
Department of Academic Psychiatry, University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, Middlesex Hospital, Mortimer Street, London W1N 8AA
Mary Herns
Affiliation:
Department of Academic Psychiatry, University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, Middlesex Hospital, Mortimer Street, London W1N 8AA
Pauline Durrance
Affiliation:
Department of Academic Psychiatry, University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, Middlesex Hospital, Mortimer Street, London W1N 8AA
Hadi Manji
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, Middlesex Hospital, Mortimer Street, London W1N 8AA
Sean Connolly
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, Middlesex Hospital, Mortimer Street, London W1N 8AA
Ruth McAllister
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, Middlesex Hospital, Mortimer Street, London W1N 8AA
Ian Weller
Affiliation:
Department of Genitourinary Medicine, University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, Middlesex Hospital, Mortimer Street, London W1N 8AA
Michael Harrison
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, Middlesex Hospital, Mortimer Street, London W1N 8AA
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

A sample of 26 HIV seronegative, 59 HIV seropositive asymptomatic and 7 HIV seropositive symptomatic homosexual and bisexual men were assessed over two visits, a mean of 11 months apart, using the BDI, STAI, and CIS. Significant differences emerged between the symptomatic group and the other two groups. Past psychiatric history and the somatic items in the assessments accounted for some of these differences. The seropositive asymptomatic and the seronegative groups did not differ on any of the mood or psychiatric assessments, suggesting minimal effect on psychological well-being of seroconversion in the absence of symptoms.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 162 , Issue 5 , May 1993 , pp. 604 - 610
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1993 

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