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251. Assessing suffering.

Author

Bayes, Ramon, Limonero, Joaquim T, Barreto, Pilar, and Comas, ManeI D

Subjects
*AIDS & psychology, *CATASTROPHIC illness, *SENSORY perception, *QUALITY of life, *PSYCHOLOGY
Published
1995
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252. Wearing your heart on your sleeve.

Author

Stryker, Jeff

Subjects
*AIDS & psychology
Abstract

Reports on Harborview Medical Center administrators' concern over nurse John Baldetta's tattoo indicating that he is HIV-positive. Administrators' request to conceal tattoo while on duty; Baldetta's argument for wearing of tattoo.

Published
1993

253. Fear of AIDS.

Author

Kamlana, Sikandar H., Gray, Peter, Kamlana, S H, and Gray, P

Subjects
LETTERS to the editor, AIDS & psychology, DIAGNOSIS of obsessive-compulsive disorder, CLOMIPRAMINE, DIFFERENTIAL diagnosis, OBSESSIVE-compulsive disorder, THERAPEUTICS
Abstract

A letter to the editor is presented as a response to an article on psychological problems among people who are uninfected but fear that they might have AIDS.

Published
1988
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254. Pseudo-AIDS, AIDS panic or AIDS phobia?

Author

Riccio, M. and Thompson, C.

Subjects
LETTERS to the editor, MENTAL illness, AIDS & psychology, PHOBIAS, HYPOCHONDRIA, DIAGNOSIS
Abstract

A letter to the editor is presented in response to an article on a new psychiatric condition arising from the AIDS epidemic in the May 1985 issue.

Published
1987
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255. Not a case of pseudo-AIDS.

Author

O'Brien, L.S.

Subjects
LETTERS to the editor, AIDS, AIDS & psychology, MENTAL depression
Abstract

A letter to the editor is presented in response to cases of pseudo-AIDS with an anxiety neurosis and with depressive illness.

Published
1987
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256. Fear of Having Contracted AIDS.

Author

Riccio, M. and Thompson, C.

Subjects
LETTERS to the editor, AIDS & psychology
Abstract

A letter to the editor is presented in response to the article "Psychiatric Aspects of AIDS," by Michael E. Faulstich in the 1987 issue.

Published
1988
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257. News update.

Subjects
*AIDS & psychology, *COMPULSIVE gambling, *THERAPEUTICS
Abstract

Reports on developments in psychotherapy. Absence of significant link between depression and development of AIDs according to the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study results published in the `Journal of the American Medical Association'; Amount spent in Saskatchewan and United States to treat compulsive gambling.

Published
1994

258. The art of endurance.

Author

Bleckner, Ross

Subjects
*AIDS & psychology
Abstract

Opinion. Looks at the paradoxical comparison between an artist's interpretation of AIDS and the realities. Complexities between reality and artistic expression; Age factor of non consequence in the determination of innocence.

Published
1997

259. People bereaved by AIDS get less social support.

Subjects
*AIDS & psychology
Abstract

Reports on a study showing that people who lost someone to AIDS have the same level of psychological distress as people bereaved by cancer.

Published
1996

260. Depression doesn't speed AIDS onset, death.

Author

Adler, T.

Subjects
*AIDS & psychology
Abstract

Comments on two studies which found that symptoms of depression that often affect people with HIV appear to have little impact on when they develop AIDS or how long they live. Studies and editorial in the December 1, 1993 issue of the `Journal of the American Medical Association'; Work of Jeffrey H. Burack and his colleagues; Study by Constantine G. Lyketsos; More.

Published
1993
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261. The children of AIDS.

Author

Evans, Rory

Subjects
AIDS & psychology
Abstract

Discusses prediction by the American Medical Association that by the year 2000, 80,000 American children and teenagers will see their mothers die of AIDS-related diseases. Comments from Chris Norwood, director of Health Force: Women Against AIDS; Percent of children not HIV-infected; First suffer loss of mother; Adjust to life without her; Love and support necessary.

Published
1993

262. `Why I love being a buddy'.

Subjects
AIDS & psychology
Abstract

Relates the experiences of a building society manager for being a `buddy' of a befriending AIDS victims. Seeking of a small ad in a local paper for and HIV/AIDS support group; Intensive training; Social life with AIDS victims; Ignorance about HIV and AIDS.

Published
1996

263. Resources for Mental-Health Professionals.

Author

Helquist, Michael

Subjects
HIV infections & psychology, AIDS & psychology, BOOKS
Abstract

Features the book 'Working With AIDS: A Resource Guide for Mental Health Professionals,' a guide to the psychosocial issues related to HIV infection and AIDS. Range of issues and subject matter discussed by the book; Key applications in medical practice; Publisher credits.

Published
1987

264. How you feel about getting tested for AIDS.

Author

Lever, Janet and Schwartz, Pepper

Subjects
AIDS & psychology
Abstract

Examines people's responses to getting tested for AIDS. Discusses why people took the blood test for the HIV virus and how the results impacted people's behavior.

Published
1992

267. Stress Is Found to Hasten the Onset of AIDS in Men Infected With the Virus.

Author

Wheeler, David L.

Subjects
*HIV-positive men, *PHYSIOLOGICAL stress, *AIDS & psychology, *SOCIAL medicine, *IMMUNOLOGY, *PSYCHOLOGY
Abstract

Reports on a long-term study of men infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which finds that stress or weak social support can encourage the onset of AIDS. Comments from medical sociologist Jane Leserman, a research associate professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and one of the study's authors. Publication of findings in the May/June 1999 issue of the journal `Psychosomatic Medicine.'

Published
1999

268. Growing up in the shadow of the AIDS virus.

Author

Navarro, Mireya

Subjects
*AIDS & psychology
Abstract

Discusses the growing group of children in New York City that are born with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, who are surviving long enough to realize what it means and who have to deal with the psychological consequences of deadly disease. The three children cited as examples; Three distinct patterns among children with HIV; The Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; More.

Published
1993

269. Healthy, gay, guilt-stricken: AIDS' toll on the virus-free.

Author

Navarro, Mireya

Subjects
*AIDS & psychology
Abstract

Comments on how gay people who have not been infected with the HIV virus that causes AIDS have had their lives transformed by the disease. Their friends die, and they have no families or children. Some experience clinical depression, hypochondria, sexual dysfunction and other serious psychological problems.

Published
1993

270. As H.I.V. patients stay at work, problems, and solutions, emerge.

Author

Navarro, Mireya

Subjects
*AIDS & psychology
Abstract

Says that, as more AIDS patients live longer and stay healthier because of advances in the treatment of the AIDS virus, many of them are trying to hold on to jobs. Some work despite symptoms of illness because they have no choice--they need the income. But many others work as long as they can for the vitality, camaraderie and sense of self-worth a job can provide. How some employers have responded; Benefit costs.

Published
1992

271. Facing AIDS, some patients discover small towns.

Author

Schemo, Diana Jean

Subjects
*AIDS & psychology
Abstract

Reports how many gay men are turning resort homes and cottages from second homes into permanent residences as they attempt to get as much as they can out of living in lieu of being infected with the deadly HIV virus that causes AIDS. The example of John Rutherford; Why these men are going to the country or the sea shore; More.

Published
1992

273. Janforum.

Author

Bennett, Jo Anne

Subjects
*HIV infections, *AIDS & psychology
Abstract

Presents comments on a study about attitudes to AIDS and HIV. Overview of attitudes toward HIV; Literature search method; Significance of journal indexes.

Published
1999
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274. Psychological Perspectives of HIV & AIDS.

Author

Nathawat, S.S. and Tankha, Geetika

Subjects
BOOKS -- Reviews, AIDS & psychology, HIV infections & psychology, AIDS, ATTITUDE (Psychology)
Abstract

The article reviews the book "Psychological Perspectives of HIV & AIDS," by M. Rajamanickam.

Published
2010
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