Psychologists And Hiv Reporting

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

HIV/AIDS Among Women

Early in the epidemic, HIV infection and AIDS were diagnosed for relatively few women and female adolescents (although we know now that many women were infected with HIV through injection drug use but that their infections were not diagnosed). 1 Today, women account for more than one quarter of all new HIV/AIDS diagnoses. Women of color are especially affected by HIV infection and AIDS. In 2004 (the most recent year for which data are...

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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 »

I'm taking the plunge!!! (psychiatrist or psychologist?)

This is a HIV therapy question. Hopefully, I can get help so I don't have to bother you ever again. You have answered 2-3 of my posts, and for that I am forever grateful. I have been dealing with the possibility of having HIV for the past FOUR...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,I'm glad you have decided to follow my advice and seek psychotherapy. I would suggest you see a psychiatrist, at least initially. Psychiatrists are MDs and therefore can prescribe medicaments. Psychologists are not MDs and therefore... Read more »

I Am Seeing A Psychologist

Hi Dr. Bob. I am starting to see a psychologist for my panic and anxiety attacks over the possibility that I still continue to think I might have HIV/Aids even after testing negative. I have been reading on here for the past five years almost...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello Aimee,1. Yes.2. Yes.3. No.Your negative ELISA test three years after your experiences with Dentist McSleazeball is definitive, conclusive and WOO-HOO-able. HIV is not your problem. No way. No how. No additional HIV testing is warranted.I... Read more »

4 Negatives Up to a Year: Please tell me I need a Psychologist

PLEASE, HAVE MERCY DR BOB, ANSWER THIS ONE, YOU, BLESSED ABOVE ALL HUMANS, BIG HEALER OF MINDS AND SOULS!!!! I KNOW I AM WORTHLESS OF YOUR ANSWER BUT PLS DO IT.Few days after protected sex with a woman in her period, I had strong headaches which got...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello Fernando,I'll be brief:1.You are HIV negative. Your repeatedly negative HIV tests out to 12 months are definitive and conclusive. HIV is not your problem. No way. No how. No additional tests are warranted or recommended.2.Psychological... Read more »

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Help! Report on HIV due soon!

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

hello my name is jenny and my report on HIV is due soon. I need to know what happens when HIV complicates itself? I know you die but like what happens in between. Please e-mail me at MissWorld79@hotmail.com thanks bye

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Should I report this HIV doctor?

Posted by BrokenWingedBird, 6 Replies

Hi.

It's six days since I had a bad experience with an HIV doctor. The anger in me has subsided. However, I was so enraged by this doctor at the time that the next day I got in touch with the hospital to find out to whom I should direct a... Read more »

Hiv and AIDs reporting

Posted by rain05, 5 Replies

What exactly does the CDC do with your name and information? Who is able to access it? Read more »

BBC Report on Brain Scan of HIV Effects

Posted by ScotCharles

Link below to copies of MRI brain scans of HIV+ people

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/health/4319952.stm

Scans show how HIV attacks brain

HIV, which attacks the body's natural defences, also damages the brain, three dimensional medical scans... Read more »

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