title: Cocaine psychosis and AIDS: a contemporary diagnostic dilemma.
abstract: This article examines some of the differential diagnostic considerations associated with the interaction between advanced cocaine psychosis and the neuropsychiatric manifestations of AIDS-Spectrum Disorders. A clinical case is presented to illustrate the potential for institutional countertransference in the treatment of substance abusing patients. The role of a multi-dimensional hypotheses testing model in cocaine related cases is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge Hospital, MA 02139.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Shaffer
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Costikyan
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D000328:Adult; D003042:Cocaine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011605:Psychoses, Substance-Induced / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*
chemical_list: D003042:Cocaine