ANXIETY STATUS IN HIV-INFECTED SUBJECTS A FTER A SEROPOSITIVE DIAGNOSIS

Authors
BELYAEVA VV RUCHKINA YV POKROVSKY VV
Citation
Vv. Belyaeva et al., ANXIETY STATUS IN HIV-INFECTED SUBJECTS A FTER A SEROPOSITIVE DIAGNOSIS, Terapevticeskij arhiv, 66(11), 1994, pp. 41-42
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Terapevticeskij arhiv → ACNP
ISSN journal
00403660
Volume
66
Issue
11
Year of publication
1994
Pages
41 - 42
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-3660(1994)66:11<41:ASIHSA>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
The authors analyzed psychoemotional reactions of 225 subjects (151 ma les and 74 females, mean age 30.2 and 27.5 years, respectively) to det ection of HIV in their blood serum. 52% of the examinees responed with nonpathological emotions among which all kinds of anxiety were most c ommon. Psychotherapeutic and pharmacological correction of anxiety is specified.