Fear of Contracting HIV Infection and Ethical Behaviour in Medical Care

2015 ◽  
pp. 178-182
Author(s):  
Francesco M�lica
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Ethical Behaviour

A Biopsychosocial Approach to Psychiatric Consultation in Persons with HIV and AIDS

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon M. Batista ◽  
Joseph Z. Lux
Keyword(s):  
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Posttraumatic Stress ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Hiv And Aids ◽  
Psychiatric Consultation ◽  
End Stage

For persons with HIV and AIDS, a thorough and comprehensive assessment has far-reaching implications not only for compassionate, competent, and coordinated care but also for adherence to medical treatment and risk reduction, as well as public health. Primary physicians, HIV specialists, as well as psychiatrists and other mental health professionals can play an important role in preventing the spread of HIV infection. Psychiatric disorders are associated with inadequate adherence to risk reduction, medical care, and antiretroviral therapy. While adherence to medical care for most medical illnesses has major meaning to patients, loved ones, and families, adherence to medical care for HIV and AIDS has major implications for reduction of HIV transmission and prevention of emergence of drug-resistant HIV viral strains (Cohen and Chao, 2008). Many persons with HIV and AIDS have psychiatric disorders (Stoff et al., 2004) and can benefit from psychiatric consultation and care. The rates of HIV infection are also higher among persons with serious mental illness (Blank et al., 2002), indicating a bidirectional relationship. Some persons with HIV and AIDS have no psychiatric disorder, while others have a multiplicity of complex psychiatric disorders that are responses to illness or treatments or are associated with HIV/AIDS (such as HIV-associated dementia) or multimorbid medical illnesses and treatments (such as hepatitis C, cirrhosis, end-stage liver disease, HIV nephropathy, end-stage renal disease, anemia, coronary artery disease, and cancer). Persons with HIV and AIDS may also have multimorbid psychiatric disorders that are co-occurring and may be unrelated to HIV (such as posttraumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder). The complexity of AIDS psychiatric consultation is illustrated in an article (Freedman et al., 1994) with the title “Depression, HIV Dementia, Delirium, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (or All of the Above).” Comprehensive psychiatric evaluations can provide diagnoses, inform treatment, and mitigate anguish, distress, depression, anxiety, and substance use in persons with HIV and AIDS. Furthermore, thorough and comprehensive assessment is crucial because HIV has an affinity for brain and neural tissue and can cause central nervous system (CNS) complications even in healthy seropositive individuals. Because of potential CNS complications as well as the multiplicity of other severe and complex medical illnesses in persons with HIV and AIDS (Huang et al., 2006), every person who is referred for a psychiatric consultation needs a full biopsychosocial evaluation.

scholarly journals Stigma reduces and social support increases engagement in medical care among persons with HIV infection in St. Petersburg, Russia

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 19618 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Kelly ◽  
Yuri Amirkhanian ◽  
Alexey Yakovlev ◽  
Vladimir Musatov ◽  
Anastasia Meylakhs ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Medical Care

HIV Infection and Linkage to HIV-Related Medical Care in Large Urban Areas in the United States, 2009

2015 ◽  
Vol 69 (4) ◽  
pp. 487-492 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin T. Laffoon ◽  
H. Irene Hall ◽  
Aruna Surendera Babu ◽  
Nanette Benbow ◽  
Ling C. Hsu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
The United States

scholarly journals Sex Without Disclosure of Positive HIV Serostatus in a US Probability Sample of Persons Receiving Medical Care for HIV Infection

2003 ◽  
Vol 93 (6) ◽  
pp. 949-954 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel H. Ciccarone ◽  
David E. Kanouse ◽  
Rebecca L. Collins ◽  
Angela Miu ◽  
James L. Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Probability Sample ◽  
Hiv Serostatus

Understanding delay to medical care for HIV infection: the long-term non-presenter

AIDS ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey H. Samet ◽  
Kenneth A. Freedberg ◽  
Jacqueline B. Savetsky ◽  
Lisa M. Sullivan ◽  
Michael D. Stein
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Medical Care

scholarly journals Low Prevalence of Hepatitis B Vaccination Among Patients Receiving Medical Care for HIV Infection in the United States, 2009 to 2012

2017 ◽  
Vol 168 (4) ◽  
pp. 245 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Weiser ◽  
Alejandro Perez ◽  
Heather Bradley ◽  
Hope King ◽  
R. Luke Shouse
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Hepatitis B ◽  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
The United States ◽  
Hepatitis B Vaccination ◽  
Low Prevalence

scholarly journals Personolized treatment of patients with HIV-infection

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 7-34
Author(s):  
N. A. Belyakov ◽  
V. V. Rassokhin ◽  
E. V. Stepanova ◽  
N. V. Sizova ◽  
A. V. Samarina ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Diagnosis And Treatment ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Personalized Diagnosis

The paper studies key epidemiological, medical, social and economic, and demographic prerequisites determining the necessity of personalized diagnosis and treatment of patients with HIV-infection and comorbid states. Some regularities and sequence of creation of personalized medical care for patients of the Russian Federation were investigated, common characteristics and aspects of each component of personalized check-up and treatment of patients with HIV-infection were presented, separate groups and cohorts of people for whom such approach is essential and acceptable were selected.

scholarly journals Retention in Medical Care Among Insured Children with Diagnosed HIV Infection — United States, 2010–2014

2017 ◽  
Vol 66 (39) ◽  
pp. 1033-1038
Author(s):  
Mary R. Tanner ◽  
Tim Bush ◽  
Steven R Nesheim ◽  
Paul J. Weidle ◽  
Kathy K. Byrd
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Hiv Infection ◽  
Medical Care
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