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Multicenter Study
. 2009 Dec;13(6):1061-7.
doi: 10.1007/s10461-009-9585-3. Epub 2009 Jun 11.

Psychiatric context of acute/early HIV infection. The NIMH Multisite Acute HIV Infection Study: IV

J Hampton Atkinson  1 , Jenny A Higgins, Ofilio Vigil, Robert Dubrow, Robert H Remien, Wayne T Steward, Corinna Young Casey, Kathleen J Sikkema, Jackie Correale, Chris Ake, J Allen McCutchan, Peter R Kerndt, Stephen F Morin, Igor Grant
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Multicenter Study

Psychiatric context of acute/early HIV infection. The NIMH Multisite Acute HIV Infection Study: IV

J Hampton Atkinson et al. AIDS Behav. 2009 Dec.

Abstract

Acute/early HIV infection is a period of high risk for HIV transmission. Better understanding of behavioral aspects during this period could improve interventions to limit further transmission. Thirty-four participants with acute/early HIV infection from six US cities were assessed with the Mini International Diagnostic Interview, Beck Depression Inventory II, State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, Brief COPE, and an in-depth interview. Most had a pre-HIV history of alcohol or substance use disorder (85%); a majority (53%) had a history of major depressive or bipolar disorder. However, post-diagnosis coping was predominantly adaptive, with only mild to moderate elevations of anxious or depressive mood. Respondents described challenges managing HIV in tandem with pre-existing substance abuse problems, depression, and anxiety. Integration into medical and community services was associated with adaptive coping. The psychiatric context of acute/early HIV infection may be a precursor to infection, but not necessarily a barrier to intervention to reduce forward transmission of HIV among persons newly infected.

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