Am J Psychiatry 1989; 146:1285-1288
Copyright © 1989 by American Psychiatric Association
Study of 60 patients with AIDS or AIDS-related complex requiring psychiatric hospitalization
JW Baer
Department of Psychiatry, San Francisco General Hospital.
Sixty patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) or AIDS-
related complex were treated on a locked inpatient psychiatric unit over a
30-month period. The wide range of mental disorders exhibited by these
patients, key aspects of patient management, and the difficulty in
psychiatric differential diagnosis are described.