Psychiatric Challenges of HIV/AIDS and the Added Problems of Aging with Seropositive Status

Abstract

Serious emotional reactions consequent to sero-positive diagnosis 2 Neurocognitive changes as side effects of HIV infection 3 Opportunistic neurological and systemic infections and their treatments leading to neuropsychiatric complications 4 Psychiatric side effects of highly active anti-retroviral therapy 5 Vulnarability posing risks to patients suffering from severe mental illness 6 Direct and indirect links of substance abuse