Psychiatric comorbidity in depressed HIV-infected individuals: common and clinically consequential.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To report on the prevalence of psychiatric comorbidity and its association with illness severity in depressed HIV patients.

Methods

As part of a multi-site randomized controlled trial of depression treatment for HIV patients, 304 participants meeting criteria for current Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) were assessed for other mood, anxiety and substance use disorders with the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview, a structured psychiatric diagnostic interview. We also assessed baseline adherence, risk, and health measures.

Results

Complicated depressive illness was common. Only 18% of participants experienced MDD with no comorbid psychiatric diagnoses; 49% had comorbid dysthymia, 62% had ≥1 comorbid anxiety disorder, and 28% had a comorbid substance

SUBMITTER: Gaynes BN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4457699 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature