NEUROBEHAVIORAL ASPECTS OF HIV DISEASE AND AIDS - AN UPDATE

Recent research has continued to add to knowledge about AIDS Dementia Complex (ADC) and HIV-associated neurobehavioral difficulties. This ar ticle supplements Greenwood's (1991) article on ADC and summarizes rec ent literature relevant to clinical psychologists, including staging o f HIV disease and its relation to neurobehavioral findings, knowledge about neurological and neuro-psychological complications of HIV diseas e, new data regarding the prevalence of ADC, and proposed changes in n omenclature for HIV-associated neurobehavioral disorders. Application of this knowledge to differential diagnosis and treatment also will be discussed.