Which statement made by a patient with AIDS indicates that the patient is exhibiting symptoms associated with acute psychotic-type dementia?
a. "I move more slowly than I used to."
b. "I don't enjoy being with other people anymore."
c. "I'd like to stop the voices I hear in my head."
d. "I can't always remember where I put things."
ANS: C
Hallucinations, dementia, psychomotor agitation, and other psychotic behaviors are part of acute psychotic presentation of dementia associated with AIDS. The other options are more consistent with dementia chiefly characterized by mild depression.
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