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Abstract Compared with the general population, people living with human immunodeficiency virus are at a higher risk of developing mental health conditions such as depression, substance use disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder, suicidality, psychosis, and generalized anxiety disorder. These conditions can negatively impact the patient‟s treatment options, adherence to treatment, and eventual health outcome. Unfortunately, these conditions often go undetected and the correlation with the disease unrecognized. Primary care providers for people living with human immunodeficiency virus need to screen and manage these mental health disorders for improved prognosis. The aim of this study was to study the psychiatric comorbidities, signs, symptoms and general functioning in HIV infected/ AIDS patients . This study was carried out in This study was carried out on 32 outpatients with positive HIV infection / AIDS in Shebin El-kom tropical hospital. Patients were diagnosed as having HIV infection confirmed by PCR and both sexes were included . Every patient was subjected to detailed history taking, general examination, mental examination, Arabic version of Hamilton Depression scale (HDI), Arabic version of Hamilton Anxiety scale (HAI), Substance misuse screening, Karnofsky performance status scale. An informed consent was obtained from each patient. |