Document 0021
 DOCN  M95B0021
 TI    Axis II diagnoses among volunteers for HIV testing and counseling.
 DT    9511
 AU    Jacobsberg L; Frances A; Perry S; Cornell University Medical College,
       New York, NY 10021, USA.
 SO    Am J Psychiatry. 1995 Aug;152(8):1222-4. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/95351406
 AB    OBJECTIVE: The authors' goal was to investigate the rate of personality
       disorders (axis II diagnoses in DSM-III-R) among adults at risk for
       AIDS. METHOD: The Personality Disorder Examination was administered to
       260 volunteers for HIV testing and counseling. RESULTS: Thirty-seven
       percent of the subjects who subsequently tested seropositive for HIV and
       20% of those who tested seronegative were given DSM-III-R axis II
       diagnoses on the Personality Disorder Examination. Thirty percent of the
       HIV-positive subjects who knew their serostatus before they were tested
       were given DSM-III-R axis II diagnoses. CONCLUSIONS: The meaningful
       rates of axis II diagnoses that preexisted determination of HIV status
       and the relation of these diagnoses to subsequently determined
       serostatus underscore the importance of adequately assessing the
       occurrence of personality disorder in individuals at risk for HIV
       infection.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/PSYCHOLOGY  Adult  *AIDS
       Serodiagnosis/STATISTICS & NUMER DATA  Comorbidity  Counseling  Female
       Human  HIV Seronegativity  HIV Seropositivity/EPIDEMIOLOGY/PSYCHOLOGY
       Male  Personality Disorders/DIAGNOSIS/*EPIDEMIOLOGY  Prospective Studies
       Risk Factors  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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