Which of the following characteristics differentiates the psychiatric consequences of AIDS from the neuropsychiatric syndromes associated with the disease?

Question

A) Neuropsychiatric syndromes result from organic changes to the CNS, while psychiatric disorders often have a psychosocial etiology.
B) Psychiatric disorders are treatable, whereas neuropsychiatric syndromes are usually untreatable.
C) Neuropsychiatric syndromes represent the progression of preexisting, inadequately treated psychiatric disorders.
D) Neuropsychiatric syndromes can cause the emergence of psychiatric disorders in certain clients with AIDS.

Answer 1

Ans: A
Comorbid psychiatric disorders in clients with HIV infection or AIDS including substance abuse, anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, adjustment disorders, and psychotic disorders are normally a result of the psychosocial aspects of HIV diagnosis. Neuropsychiatric syndromes are neurologic symptoms occurring as the result of organic disturbances of the central nervous system that constitute a recognizable psychiatric condition. Both may or may not be treatable, and there is not necessarily a cause-and-effect relationship between the two types of disorders.