title: Psychiatric Manifestations in a Patient with HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Symptoms and Cryptococcal Meningitis.
abstract: We report here a case that presented as mania followed by depression and mild cognitive impairment, which was misinterpreted and treated as a depressive episode of bipolar disorder and planned for electroconvulsive therapy, but was ultimately found to have cryptococcal meningitis and HIV-associated neurocognitive symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Consultant Neuropsychiatrist, Solapur Super Speciality Clinic, Solapur, India.
authors.forename: Prabhakar C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Holikatti
authors.forename: Nilamadhab
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kar
keywords: HIV-associated neurocognitive symptoms; Neurocognitive symptoms; cryptococcal meningitis