title: [Mental disorders in patients with HIV infection: systematics and features of development].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify and systematize characteristics and patterns of formation and development of mental disorders in HIV-infection.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two hundred and fifty patients with HIV-infection and 50 injection drug users, aged 18-50 years, were examined. Most of HIV-infected people were aged from 21 to 40 years. In addition to clinical and psychopathological methods, clinical laboratory instrumentation and experimental psychological method were used.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Mental disorders in HIV-infected patients include psychogenic-reactive, exogenous organic and personality disorders. The dynamics of these disorders depends on the combined effects of somatogenic, nosogenic and premorbid personality factors.
authors.affiliation: Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: D F
authors.initials: DF
authors.lastname: Chritinin
authors.affiliation: Academician Pavlov Ryazan State Medical University, Ryazan, Russia.
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Novikov
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000145:classification* / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D055815:Young Adult