Psychiatric Issues in HIV Patients

BACKGROUND: Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS and its Clinical Implications, Margarita Alegria, Doriliz Vila, Sarah Train, Sandra Williams and Nabila El-Bassel / Virology, Immunology, Transmission, and Disease Stage, Karl Goodkin / Medical Treatment and Occupational Exposure, John Levenson and Ellen Morrison DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS: Psychiatric Assessment, Mary Alice O'Dowd / Psychological and Neuropsychological Testing, Joel Levy / Electrophysiology of HIV Disease, Harold W. Goforth and Lukasz Konopka PSYCHIATRIC COMORBIDITY: The Meaning of HIV-Related Illness: Psychological and Adjustment Reactions, Vicenzio Holder-Perkins and Jeffrey S. Akman / Stress-Distress Spectrum and Adjustment Disorders, Dimitri Markov, Elisabeth J. S. Kunkel and Howard Field / Anxiety Disorders, Annette Matthews / Clinical Management of Mood Disorders Among HIV/AIDS Patients, Pedro Ruiz / Personality Disorder and HIV Infection, Khenu Singh and Herb Ochitill / Cognitive Disorders in HIV/AIDS, Angela McBride and Francisco Fernandez / Psychotic Disorders Associated with HIV/AIDS, Ewald Horwath and Francine Cournos / Substance Use Disorders, Steve Ferrando / Sleep Disorders in HIV/AIDS, Carlos A. Santana and Francisco Fernandez MEDICAL COMORBIDITY: Psychotropic Drug Interactions with Antiretroviral Medications, Philip A. Bialer, Kyle Kato and Vassilios Latoussakis / Pain Syndromes, William Breitbart / Sexually Transmitted Infections in HIV/AIDS, Angela Stotts, Mark Evans, Shelly L. Sayre and Katherine A. McQueen / Psychiatric Diagnosis and Treatment of Medically Hospitalized HIV/AIDS Patients, Stephen J. Ferrando and Constantine G. Lyketsos SPECIAL POPULATIONS: HIV/ AIDS Among Hispanic Americans, Pedro Ruiz and Frank Fernandez / HIV/AIDS Among African Americans, William Lawson / HIV/AIDS Among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans, Lynette J. Menezes, Todd Wills and Karina D'Souza / HIV/AIDS Among American Indians and Alaskan Natives, Carol E. Kaufman, Janette Beals, Sara Jumping Eagle and Christina M. Mitchell / Neonatal and Infant HIV/AIDS, Andrea Stolar and Johanna Goldfarb / HIV/AIDS Among Children and Adolescents, Andres J. Pumariega, Margaret Shugart and JoAnne B. Pumariega / Psychiatric Aspects of HIV/AIDS Among Older Adults, Maria Llorente and Julie Malphurs / HIV/AIDS Among Women, Isabel T. Lagomasino and Gustavo Rodriguez / HIV/Psychiatry Among Men Who Have Sex with Men, Milton L. Wainberg and Kenneth Ashley / HIV/AIDS Among Women Who Have Sex with Women, Alison R. Jones and Cynthia L. Hoyler / HIV/AIDS Among the Homeless, Jacqueline Maus Feldman and Stephen M. Goldfinger / HIV/AIDS Among Prisoners, Wade Myers / HIV/AIDS and the Patients' Family, James L. Griffith and Michael Golder SPECIAL ISSUES: Ethical, Forensic, and Legal Considerations, James Satriano / Religious and Spiritual Considerations in HIV and AIDS, Daniel Hicks and Francis G. Lu / Psychotherapy Strategies for People with HIV Infection and AIDS, Claire Zilber / Complementary and Alternative Medicine and AIDS/HIV, Janet Konefal / Biopsychosocial Aspects of Living with HIV/AIDS: Implications for Disease Progression and Psychoneuroimmunology, Cheryl Gore-Felton, Cheryl Koopman and David Spiegel / Suicide and End-of-Life Care, Mary Ann Cohen POLICY ISSUES: AIDS Prevention: The Clinician's Role, Michael Knox and Tiffany Chenneville / Physician Assisted Suicide and Voluntary Euthansia in HIV Infected Patients, Marshall Forstein Appendices