1st Edition

AIDS, Health, And Mental Health A Primary Sourcebook

360 Pages
by Routledge

352 Pages
by Routledge

352 Pages
by Routledge

This volume presents a systems approach to understanding and managing the AIDS crisis - an approach that addresses the needs not only of HIV- infected individuals, but also of families and communities at risk from AIDS. Discussions are included on HIV epidemiology and risk reduction, medical management of the AIDS patient, and neuropsychiatric aspects of HIV infection. Strategies for... Read more
PART 1: APPLIED SYSTEMS PRINCIPLES IN AIDS PREVENTION, Correcting AIDS Metaphors and Myths with a Systems Approach, 2. Identifying the Systems Impacted by AIDS, 3. Individuals, Families, and Populations at Risk, 4. Health Care Providers at Risk, 5. Staying Abreast of HIV Disease, PART II: BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL INTERVENTION: CLINICAL MANAGEMENT, 6. Epidemiology, Transmission, and Medical Management, 7. The Neuropsychiatric Aspects of HIV Infection and Patient Care, 8. Psychotherapeutic Intervention: From Individual Through Group to Extended Network, 9. Spiritual, Cultural, and Community Systems, 10. Doing the Right Thing: Systems Ethics and AIDS

Biography

Judith Stanton-Landau, Collen D. Clements