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Neuropsychological Testing in HIV-Infected Individuals

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Recent estimates from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were that 1.2 million individuals were living with HIV/AIDS in the United States and over 35 million worldwide (CDC 2013). The last few decades have witnessed dramatic improvements in the treatment and management of HIV disease, including the advent of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) in 1996. These advances remarkably improved HIV-related health outcomes and transformed HIV from what was once a condition with very poor prognosis and high mortality rates into a more chronic, long-term manageable condition. Despite these significant advances, HIV-associated neuropsychological disorders (HAND), particularly in milder forms, remain highly prevalent in the cART era and can have significant adverse effects on everyday functioning and health-related outcomes.

This chapter will provide an overview of neurocognitive (NC) assessment as it pertains to the diagnosis of HAND in clinical and research...

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Heaton, R.K., Iudicello, J.E. (2016). Neuropsychological Testing in HIV-Infected Individuals. In: Hope, T., Stevenson, M., Richman, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of AIDS. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9610-6_222-1

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