A perspective on the proposal for neurocognitive disorder criteria in DSM-5 as applied to HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders

• Autor(a) principal: Goodkin, Karl
• Data de Publicação: 2011
• Outros Autores: Fernandez, Francisco, Forstein, Marshall, Miller, Eric N., Becker, James T., Douaihy, Antoine, Cubano, Luis, Santos, Flavia Heloisa dos [UNESP], Silva Filho, Nelson [UNESP], Zirulnik, Jorge, Singh, Dinesh
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.2217/npy.11.57; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3405847/; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/243590
• topic: HIV; Neuropsychology

HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders remain common in the current era of effective antiretroviral therapy. However, the severity at presentation of these disorders has been reduced, and the typical manifestations have changed. A revision of the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) criteria has been made on this basis, and a revision of the analogous criteria by the American Psychiatric Association will be forthcoming in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)-5. This article compares the relevant sets of diagnostic criteria that will be employed. It is concluded that a greater degree of integration of the revised, HIV-specific AAN criteria for HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders with the criteria proposed for the DSM-5 would prove advantageous for research, clinical, educational and administrative purposes. © 2011 Future Medicine Ltd.