Junior Resident, Department of Psychiatry, NIMHANS, Bangalore, India.
Indian J Psychiatry. 2010 Jan;52(Suppl 1):S269-73. doi: 10.4103/0019-5545.69245.
HIV/AIDS has gained prominence in India as a growing public health issue. There is a complex but significant interaction between mental health and HIV/AIDS. HIV affects mental health by its direct neurobiological action, the impact of having the illness, by its treatment including that for opportunistic infections and by its impact on the family. In addition, substance use and mental illness as vulnerability factors add to the complexity of assessment, differential diagnosis and management. This paper reviews literature published in India on the topic.
艾滋病在印度已成为一个日益严重的公共卫生问题。心理健康和艾滋病之间存在着复杂但重要的相互关系。艾滋病通过其直接的神经生物学作用、疾病的影响、包括机会性感染治疗在内的治疗方法以及对家庭的影响来影响心理健康。此外，物质使用和精神疾病作为脆弱因素增加了评估、鉴别诊断和管理的复杂性。本文综述了在印度发表的关于该主题的文献。
