| Description |
xviii, 509 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. The HIV - AIDS Pandemic -- 2. Clinical Course and Manifestations -- 3. Medical Treatments -- 4. Psychological Sequelae -- 5. Neuropsychological Sequelae -- 6. Social Sequelae -- 7. Sexual Adjustment -- 8. Coping, Adjustment, and Social Support -- 9. Counseling and Psychotherapy |
| Summary |
This book was written to provide mental health professionals with a single source of information on the medical, social, and psychological aspects of HIV-AIDS. It covers a broad range of topics concerning the psychology of AIDS that is thoroughly grounded in the empirical literature. The author explains the many significant advances in research on how the virus works and on immune responses to HIV, and he discusses the revolutionary treatments for HIV infection that have increased both span and quality of life for increasingly large numbers of patients living with HIV-positive and AIDS diagnoses. Kalichman also focuses attention on the growth in knowledge about such issues as psychological reactions to HIV-AIDS, coping and adjustment, and psychological treatments. Coverage includes the slowly growing literature on women, children, and minorities with AIDS and on sexual adjustment after diagnosis. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved) |
| Notes |
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-412) and indexes |
| Notes |
Also issued in print |
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English |
| Issuing Body |
Made available through: American Psychological Association's PsyBooks Collection |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
AIDS (Disease)
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AIDS (Disease) -- Patients -- Counseling of.
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AIDS (Disease) -- Psychological aspects.
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AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects.
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Mental health personnel.
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome -- psychology.
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.
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Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
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Disease.
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HIV Infections.
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Immune System Diseases.
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Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes.
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Lentivirus Infections.
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RNA Virus Infections.
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Retroviridae Infections.
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral.
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
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Slow Virus Diseases.
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Social Environment.
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Social Sciences.
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Social Support.
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Sociology.
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Virus Diseases.
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| Author |
American Psychological Association.
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| LC no. |
98007455 |
| ISBN |
1557985294 |
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1557985308 (paperback) |
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