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Annals of African Medicine
Annals of African Medicine Society
ISSN: 1596-3519
Vol. 3, No. 2, 2004, pp. 63-65
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Bioline Code: am04016
Full paper language: English
Document type: Review Article
Document available free of charge
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Annals of African Medicine, Vol. 3, No. 2, 2004, pp. 63-65
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Neuropsychiatric Complications of HIV/AIDS
Yakasai, B. A.
Abstract
The commonest neuropsychiatric complication of HIV/AIDS is adjustment reaction manifesting either as anxiety or depressive disorders. The psychosocial stress associated with socially stigmatising terminal illness coupled with the neurotropic effect of the retrovirus and the frequent occurrence of opportunistic infection of the brain due to immunosupression, might lead to other psychiatric disorders other than the adjustment reaction.
Keywords
HIV/ AIDS, opportunistic infection, Adjustment reaction
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