HIV/AIDS患者并发抑郁症中西医治疗研究进展

Research progress on the treatment of HIV/AIDS patients suffering from depression by traditional chinese and western medicine

抑郁症是常见的精神障碍,通常表现为无法解释的心理和生理症状。HIV/AIDS患者通常并发抑郁症,两者能够相互影响,抑郁症能够加速艾滋病的进展,HIV感染本身也可以导致抑郁症的发生。HIV/AIDS患者的抑郁症患病率明显高于普通人群,ART的不良反应也可以增加HIV/AIDS患者抑郁症的发生。目前,现代医学对于HIV/AIDS患者并发抑郁症的治疗正在逐步探索,中医药在调节HIV/AIDS患者免疫及情志方面具有一定的优势,能够根据患者自身情况为其制定药对或复方的个体化治疗方案。因此,探索HIV/AIDS患者抑郁症的中西医协同治疗,发挥中医药的优势,对解决临床实际问题具有重要意义。

Depression is a common mental disorder,which manifests as unexplainable psychological and physical symptoms.Depression and HIV/AIDS are usually comorbidities,and they can interact with each other.It means that depression can accelerate the progress of HIV disease,while HIV infection itself can also lead to depression.The prevalence of depression in the HIV/AIDS population is significantly higher than that in the general population.At the same time,the side effects of HAART treatment can also increase the incidence of depression in HIV/AIDS patients.Modern medicine has gradually developed the treatment regimen of HIV/AIDS patients with depression.On the other hand,traditional Chinese medicine has certain advantages in regulating both the immunity and emotion of HIV/AIDS patients,making individualized treatment plans by providing standard medicine compounds and drug pairs for patients according to their conditions.Therefore,exploring the treatment of depression in the HIV/AIDS population,especially the influence of traditional Chinese medicine and psychosocial factors,is of great significance to solving practical clinical problems.