艾滋病恐惧症的研究初探

“艾滋病恐惧症”是一种混合性神经症，核心症状可表现为焦虑、疑病、恐惧、强迫、抑郁症状中的一种或几种的组合，可伴有与艾滋病的临床症状相似的躯体症状，患者感到痛苦，反复求医。该文综合了国外文献和部分案例，对“艾滋病恐惧症”的定义、临床症状、心理病理机制、诊断与治疗等进行了初步的总结与探讨。

A Preliminary Report on the Worried Well of AIDS

The worried well of AIDS is a mixed neurosis, whose central symptoms might include those of anxiety, hypochondria, phobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder and depression; there may also be physical symptoms similar to those of HIV infection; individuals suffering from the disorder seek for HIV testing repeatedly. Based on western literatures and clinical cases, this article reviewed several issues of the disorder, including its definition, the clinical symptoms, the psychological mechanism, the diagnosis methods and strategies for psychological treatment.