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Closer examination of AIDS dementia urged

    JOHANNESBURG

    Nigerian health care workers have been urged to pay greater attention to the mental condition of people living with HIV and AIDS, a local newspaper, The Daily Champion, reported.

    The director of the Lagos Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Dr Anthony Okwuosah, said psychological disorders associated with HIV/AIDS were often treated as a once-off occurrence, rather than as a complex, interrelated issue.

    According to Okwuosah, numerous psychiatric complications, particularly depression, stemmed from the direct effects of HIV infection on the central nervous system and psychological reactions to AIDS-related fear and stigmatisation.

    Research suggests that 90 percent of HIV-positive people experienced psychological difficulties, which were often clinically underestimated.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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