Abstract

To study prevalence of psychiatric illnesses in HIV patients attending tertiary care hospitals in Hyderabad Methodology: This is a cross sectional study done during January 2018 to June 2019, in tertiary hospital Hyderabad. Convenient sampling technique was used to select study subjects. 100 HIV positive asymptomatic cases who met the inclusion criteria were taken for study. Psychiatric disorders were assessed using MINI scale. Results: Out of the 100 patients, a total of 71% were diagnosed with psychiatric morbidity by using MINI tool. Therefore, the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in HIV patients attending tertiary care centers in Hyderabad was 71%. 29% had no psychiatric illness. Among the patients 32% had past psychiatric illness after they have been diagnosed as HIV positive cases. In the study education (p = 0.005) was significantly associated with MDD prevalence. Lower class and upper lower class was group contained more number of cases than other classes. The present study is significantly associated with educational level. Social anxiety disorder is high in the graduates and high school groups. the disorder is low in the other groups. marital status, CD4 count, religion, partner status and child status and duration of HIV illness has no significant relation with social anxiety. Conclusion: The study concluded that highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has led to a reduction in HIV- related morbidity and mortality, and the life expectancy of HIV-positive individuals has improved significantly. It is therefore becoming more likely that clinicians will encounter patients with psychiatric manifestations of the disease

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