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    Early-onset versus late-onset HIV-related secondary mania in Uganda.

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    2008
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    Nakimuli-Mpungu, Etheldreda
    Musisi, Seggane
    Mpungu, Steven Kiwuwa
    Katabira, Elly
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    Background: First-episode secondary mania in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection has been described among samples of predominantly Caucasian, HIV-positive male patients in developed countries. Objective: The goal of this study was to compare the demographic and clinical characteristics of HIV-positive patients with early-onset and late-onset first-episode secondary mania in HIV infection. There were previous findings of an association between late-onset mania and severe cognitive impairment. Method: Subjects were HIV in patients with clinically confirmed mania, who received standard demographic, psychiatric, physical, and laboratory assessments. Early-onset patients had CD4 cell counts >200 mm3; late-onset patients had CD4 cell counts ≤200 mm.3 Results: There were no demographic or cognitive differences between early-onset and late-onset mania patients, and high rates of psychotic symptoms in both groups. However, late-onset patients had more manic symptoms. Conclusion: Late-onset HIV mania patients had more severe psychopathology and, thus, demonstrated a greater need for highly active retroviral therapy.
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