ABSTRACT
Following mandatory military-wide testing for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Army medical facilities have gained extensive experience with HIV-positive persons who undergo special stresses as a result of their affiliation with the military. The consequences of evacuation to medical centers for evaluation of HIV status are presented and the impact of this process on the medical center staff are considered. This paper is a description of one system designed to evaluate, treat, and support HIV-positive soldiers and their families.
Subject(s)
HIV Seropositivity/psychology , Hospitals, Military/organization & administration , Hospitals, Public/organization & administration , Military Personnel/psychology , Stress, Psychological/etiology , HIV Infections/psychology , HIV Seropositivity/diagnosis , Humans , Mass Screening , Personnel Staffing and Scheduling , Stress, Psychological/therapy , United States , Suicide PreventionSubject(s)
Amino Acids/blood , Dyskinesia, Drug-Induced/blood , Phenylalanine/blood , Adolescent , Adult , Humans , Male , Risk Factors , Schizophrenia/complicationsABSTRACT
Psychiatric inpatients with tardive dyskinesia (TD) were treated with either lithium alone (n = 9) or with a combination of lithium and lecithin (n = 9) for 5 weeks in a double-blind, placebo-controlled experiment. A statistically significant but clinically unimportant improvement of TD occurred during both treatments. The addition of lecithin to lithium had no effect.
