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dc.contributor.author | Lukoye Atwoli | - |
dc.contributor.author | Kangethe Rachael | - |
dc.contributor.author | Muthoni Mathai | - |
dc.contributor.author | Wangari Kuria | - |
dc.contributor.author | Kamau Judy W. | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-01-30T06:34:47Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2019-01-30T06:34:47Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2012-07-31 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2011.644234 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://ir.mu.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2521 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The course of HIV/AIDS in children has been transformed from an acute to a chronic one with the advent of Anti-Retroviral Therapy. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and pattern of psychiatric morbidity in HIV-infected children and adolescents between 6 and 18 years of age and the relationship between their socio-demographic factors, immune suppression and psychiatric morbidity. The study was conducted at a paediatric HIV clinic in Nairobi, between February and April 2010. One hundred and sixty-two HIV-infected children and adolescents aged between 6 and 18 years and their guardians were interviewed. Seventy-nine (48.8%) of the study participants were found to have psychiatric morbidity. The most prevalent Diagnostic Statistical Manual, 4th Edition TR psychiatric disorders were: Major depression (17.8%), Social phobia (12.8%), Oppositional Defiant Disorder (12.1%) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (12.1%). Twenty-five per cent of the study participants had more than one psychiatric disorder. The prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in HIV-infected children is higher than that found in children in the general population. There is therefore a need to integrate psychiatric services into the routine care of HIV-infected children. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | AIDS care | en_US |
dc.subject | HIV | en_US |
dc.subject | AIDS | en_US |
dc.subject | Children | en_US |
dc.subject | Adolescents | en_US |
dc.subject | DSM-IV | en_US |
dc.subject | Neuropsychiatry | en_US |
dc.subject | Kenya | en_US |
dc.title | Psychiatric morbidity among HIV-infected children and adolescents in a resource-poor Kenyan urban community | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
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