title: [Clinico-experimental study of mental processes in men with HIV infection].
abstract: A total of 55 males aged 19.5 to 62 years who were infected with HIV were examined psychopathologically+ and neuropsychologically by A.R. Luria's methods. Twenty-one of these patients were homosexuals. Syphilis was recorded in 34.7% in this group. Lymphadenopathy was the major clinical sign of HIV infection. Symptoms of organic involvements+ of the central nervous system were revealed by a psychopathological method. Neuropsychological studies detected dysfunction of the right cerebral hemisphere, particularly in a group of homosexuals suffering from syphilis.
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Beliaeva
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Semenovich
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Ruchkina
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Pokrovskiĭ
mesh_terms: D000386:AIDS-Related Complex / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D000328:Adult; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D006716:Homosexuality / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008182:Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology*; D009494:Neurosyphilis / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*
vernacular_title: Kliniko-éksperimental'noe issledovanie psikhicheskikh protsessov u muzhchin, infitsirovannykh VICh.