Suicidality and HIV status.
Among psychiatric consultation patients, 322 AIDS patients were significantly less suicidal than 82 other HIV-positive patients and were comparable in suicidality to 1,086 patients with negative or unknown HIV status. AIDS patients had significantly more organic mental disorders. Organicity, denial, acceptance, and/or preoccupation with a fatal illness may reduce suicidality in AIDS patients.
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Department of Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10467.
O'Dowd
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D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000523:psychology; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012737:Sex Factors; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*