The Psychiatry of AIDS
Subtitle: A Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment
Contributors: John G. Bartlett (Foreword)
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press; Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: June 24, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780801880063
Subjects: HIV / AIDS; Psychiatry; Psychological aspects; Health Care Delivery; AIDS (Disease); Reference; Medical / Nursing; Psychiatry - General; Psychology; Patients; AIDS & HIV; Psychology & Psychiatry / General; complications; General; HIV Infections; Mental health
First sentence: The essential thesis of this book is that human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection has become a psychiatric epidemic.
Description: Provides HIV/AIDS professionals with overviews of psychiatric disorders, including mood and personality disorders, mental retardation, substance abuse and addiction, and sexual disorders and dysfunction. It also provides mental health professionals with essential information on how to care for patients with HIV and those at risk for the infection. The book discusses psychopharmacology, psychotherapy and counseling, as well as adherence and compliance issues, and the relationship between psychiatric disorders and other STDs. Containing the most up-to-date information on diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment, this book draws on the authors' experience and uses case studies to show HIV/AIDS professionals how psychiatric interventions benefit the patient, the medical team, and society as a whole. The cases are rich and engaging, and convey to the reader the intense disorder that can affect the lives of patients.