Effective Counseling For Hiv People

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Counseling During Drug Addiction Treatment Reduces Unsafe Sexual Behavior Among People At Risk of HIV, Study Finds

Counseling about sexual behavior during drug addiction treatment could help reduce unsafe sexual behavior among people at risk of HIV in Russia, according to a study recently published in the journal Addiction , ANI/ New Kerala reports. According... Read more »

Counseling Chemically Dependent People with HIV Illness

Introduction By October, 1993, more than 80,000 heterosexual intravenous drug users had been diagnosedwith AIDS in the United States. This group represents 24% of the nation's AIDS caseload. Sixpercent of the gay and bisexual men reported a history... Read more »

HIV-Positive People Not Obtaining Test Results, Receiving Appropriate Counseling, Studies Say

Many HIV-positive people do not return to obtain the results of HIV tests and many other HIV-positive individuals who are aware of their HIV-positive status do not receive adequate counseling regarding reducing the risk of HIV transmission,... Read more »

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Help me create a counselling group for +youngsters, a service in the community (Marcel N., psychologist, HIV +)

from Marcel N-Romania.Dear Sir,i'm thrilled to find such a complex site to rise all kind of problems the hivers have to deal with. This is again a prove that your country realy try to controle and to help patients to become effective and deal...

Response from Michael Shernoff, M.S.W.

Psychotherapist and Author

Dear MArcel,I really respect the work you are doing in Romania. Unfortunately in terms of your request, I have never worked with young people. My specialty is working with adults. So I am am sorry to say that I have no idea of how to advise you... Read more »

Zambian Counseller please answer Sir, BODY MASS INDEX AND SEROCONVERSION, ANY RELATIONSHIP?

Respected Sir,and My Guru, people here beleive that those who are fat take longer to seroconvert if they are fat, could you kindly clarify Sir.I take this opportunity to thank you for your blessings,of late I did several lectures to poultry farm...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Whether a Two-Ton Tessie or a Twiggy, the time to HIV seroconversion would not change! Fat has no effect on the HIV window period.I applaud your compassionate efforts and good deeds! If we all did our part, we could stop HIV cold in its tracks.Be... Read more »

Worried well and not sure about mental counseling

Hi MichaelI was wondering if some type of counseling for the worried well frame of thought is effective? I had a risky exposure last August and got the flu several weeks later and freaked out. After torturing myself and convincing myself that I...

Response from Michael Shernoff, M.S.W.

Psychotherapist and Author

The answer is that yes good professional counseling can be useful to help an indivdiual understand why he is so worried aobut having any kind of illness. But for a gay man you absolutely have to choose a therapist who is not homophobic. To make... Read more »

hiv counselling

My boyfriends nephew, who stays with him is hiv positive and has been on medication for a month. He is nine years old and he doesn't know why he is taking the medicine. He doesn't know that he is HIV positive. How do we go about...

Response from Ewald Horwath, M.D.

University of Miami School of Medicine

First, who is responsible for the boy? Is your boyfriend his guardian? Are his parents alive and well? The person or people who are responsible for the boy should make this decision.Second, whoever tells him should consider whether he is old enough... Read more »

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Posted by halfbrazilian, 1 Reply

I recently found out I was positive. Sept 1 2005. Never gonna forget that date. Anyway, I went to a counselor the NEXT day and I've been seeing him ever since. I just wanted to tell EVERYONE that it has helped me so much in my struggle. I was a... Read more »

GMHC counselers

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I just want to tell you guys I have spent the last 2 days talking to GMHC counselers and cdc counselers. Let me tell you that the GMHC counselers were so much more compassionate and knowledgable. I had a lady talk to me for 10 min. She told me that... Read more »

Need advice-get hubby to counseling

Posted by wifey289, 5 Replies

Hello. My hub is +, I'm - . we found out about 1.5 years ago. he has been going to the doctor for treatment and is not on meds except inh for latent tb. i can tell he is depressed about the diagnosis (understandable) but he is one of these manly men... Read more »

for hiv- people with long lasting symptoms

Posted by Jambasher, 4 Replies

And for anyone interested. Its my first post. Great site, helping probably millions of people. Wonderful work!

This is maybe not the right place to do this but still:

There seem to be the rather frequent occasion of people suffering from long lasting... Read more »

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