Psychological difficulties related to human immunodeficiency virus-1 infection in intravenous drug users.
Psychopathology and emotional changes were examined over a 9-month period in this study of human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) infection in seronegative and seropositive intravenous drug users. The HIV-1-seropositive group showed more psychological difficulties and emotional distress at both testings. For the HIV-1-seronegative subjects, a trend for less psychopathology and psychological distress was found. At the second testing, the difference between groups was increased due to improvement of the HIV-1-seronegative group. A more chronic course of psychological distress was found in the HIV-1-seropositive group.
Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Norway.
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000523:psychology* / Q000635:transmission; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008950:MMPI; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D009664:Norway; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous