Mental health problem in HIV/AIDS patients

1st International Conference on Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases (ICTROMI) Faculty of Medicine Universitas Sumatera Utara

Camellia, V.^1

Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia^1

关键词: General population;    HIV infection;    HIV/AIDS;    Mental problems;    Psychosocial factors;    Sleep problems;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/125/1/012186/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/125/1/012186

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

People with HIV positive have risk increased mental health problem than the general population. It associated with psychosocial factors, direct neurological effects of the HIV infection and medication. Overall it can make increased morbidity and mortality in HIV positive patients. The more common mental problem in HIV/AIDS people is dementia, delirium, depression, and mania, suicide, psychotic, sleep problem. Both psychopharmacologic and psychotherapeutic treatment strategies often indicate.