Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 61, Issue 4 , Pages 479-484 , October 2006

Persistence of psychiatric disorders in a cohort of HIV/AIDS patients in South Africa: A 6-month follow-up study

  • Benjamin O. Olley

      Affiliations

    • MRC Unit on Anxiety Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa
    • Department of Psychology, Faculty of the Social Sciences, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. PO Box 29530, Secretariat HO, Ibadan 200004 Oyo-State, Nigeria
    • ,
  • Soraya Seedat

      Affiliations

    • MRC Unit on Anxiety Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa
    • ,
  • Dan J. Stein

      Affiliations

    • MRC Unit on Anxiety Disorders, Department of Psychiatry, University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Received 24 June 2005

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PII: S0022-3999(06)00139-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2006.03.010

Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 61, Issue 4 , Pages 479-484 , October 2006

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