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Psychosis Associated with HIV Infection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

S. Halstead ,
M. Riccio ,
P. Harlow ,
R. Oretti  and
C. Thompson
S. Halstead
Affiliation:
Horton Hospital
M. Riccio*
Affiliation:
Westminster Hospital
P. Harlow
Affiliation:
Westminster Hospital
R. Oretti
Affiliation:
Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School, Charing Cross Hospital
*
∗Department of Psychiatry, Charing Cross Hospital, Fulham Palace Road, London W6 8RP
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Abstract

Five cases of psychiatric illness, presenting as functional psychosis, occurring in male homosexuals with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection are described and compared with similar cases in the literature. The association between psychosis and infection with HIV is discussed with particular emphasis on the significance of functional versus organic presentation.

Type
Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 153 , Issue 5 , November 1988 , pp. 618 - 623
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1988 

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Footnotes

∗

This paper was presented as a poster at the 1st European Conference on Clinical Aspects of AIDS, Brussels, 10/11 December 1987.

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