Coping With HIV/AIDS
Coping Advice
- Coping With Serious Illness: Sandra Haber, Ph.D., Answers Your Questions (Regularly Updated)
From American Psychological Association
- Eight Simple Rules for Managing Those Holiday Blues (December 11, 2009)
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- Creed -- You Are Not Alone (December 31, 1982 (Revised January 12, 2009))
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- The "Secrets" of Long-Term HIV Survivors (September/October 2008)
No longer an oxymoron.
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- This Month in HIV: Tips and Tricks for Coping With HIV/AIDS (November/December 2007)
A psychologist and three HIV-positive people share their wisdom.
From The Body
- An Open Letter: Woman to Woman (September/October 2007)
Heidi Nass describes how she forgave herself for testing positive.
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Big Deal: Offering Advice to a Friend Who Tests Positive (September/October 2007)
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Sweet Release: An Exercise for Letting Go of Negative Energy (May/June 2007)
To read PDF, click here.
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- The Wholistic Picture: Response Ability (July/August 2006)
Sue Saltmarsh urges people with HIV never to simply accept it when they're wronged, whether it's by their politicians, their doctors or the prejudices of society.
To read PDF, click here.
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Treating Grief Like a Bruise in Need of Healing (March/April 2006)
Herbalist and HIV advocate Sue Saltmarsh advises on one way a person can heal the hurt when they feel stuck in depression or anger.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Why Laughter Really May Be the Best Medicine (September/October 2005)
Psychologist Barbara Rubin talks about the positive effects of humor in dealing with life's challenges.
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In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- Dallas Morning News Examines Experiences of HIV-Positive Residents in Rural North Texas, Where Stigma of AIDS "More Acute" (May 31, 2005)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Ten Things You Can Do to Enhance Your Emotional Well-Being (2005)
To read PDF, click here.
In Ten Simple Things You Can Do ..., from Body Positive
- For Party Addicts Seeking Help, Ways to Navigate the Obstacle Course (October 2004)
Down-to-earth advice for HIV-positive party boys looking to break the cycle of sex, drugs and alcohol.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- G.R.E.A.T. Expectations (September/October 2003)
Psychiatrist J. Buzz von Ornsteiner on how to make the most of your job search, and how to keep depression and other mental health issues from becoming an obstacle to employment.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- What's the Point? (July/August 2003)
HIV-positive hypnotherapist Seth Engber on keeping a positive attitude when you're HIV positive.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Making Change (May/June 2003)
A five-step process may help you adjust to the changes in your life that HIV infection will bring about.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- The Lipodystrophy Look (October 2002)
Psychologist J. Buzz von Ornsteiner offers advice on coping with the emotional effects of lipodystrophy.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- AIDS Cocktail: Medicine, Faith and Trust (March 20, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- The Journey Toward Empowerment (November 2001)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- The Quality of Life of CRIA Update Readers: Survey Results (Fall 2001)
To read PDF, click here.
In CRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
- Believe It ... Women Get AIDS! (August 2001)
In WORLD Newsletter, from Women Organized to Respond to Life-Threatening Diseases
- Getting Creative: Creativity Can Be a Key to Better Physical and Mental Health (April 2001)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Bouncing Back After an Illness (March 2001)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Friends as Family? (March 2001)
Is it possible to create my own family of friends who will care for me?.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Psychological Issues and HIV: Dealing With the Uncertainty of Changing Treatment Strategies (March 2001)
From AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
- Subway Stress: I Can't Stand Rush Hour! (January 2001)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Evolving Realities of Quality of Life (Winter 2000/2001)
In CRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
- Eye of the Storm: Burned Out? Join the Club! (December 2000)
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- My Story Could Be Yours (December 2000)
How to respond to offensive comments about HIV.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Older, Yes ... but Wiser? (December 2000)
Growing older gracefully with HIV, advice from a therapist.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Body Positive Mental Health Roundtable (November 2000)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Mental Health (November 2000)
Excerpt from the Encyclopedia of AIDS.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Pitfalls of the "Sick Role" (November 2000)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- To Die For (November/December 2000)
For Jim Pickett, confronting his own mortality was the hardest part of adjusting to his HIV status.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Thinking HAART: Psychological Issues in the Treatment of HIV/AIDS (December 1999)
From Community Research Initiative on AIDS
- A History of Hope: The HIV Rollercoaster (1997)
In Focus: A Guide to AIDS Research and Counseling
- Challenges and Dilemmas Regarding Protease Inhibitors (1997)
In Body Positive
- Kvitch: The Winds of AIDS: Optimism vs. Pessimism (January 1997)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Finding Your Voice; Speaking Your Truth (July 1996)
Healing through writing.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- The Psychological Epidemic (September 1995)
By Walt Odets.
In In The Shadow of the Epidemic: Being HIV-Negative in the Age of AIDS, from Duke University Press
- Coping With HIV and AIDS (December 1993)
From American Psychiatric Association
- What Is Self-Empowerment? (1992)
In People With AIDS Newsline
- Coping With the Holidays With AIDS/HIV (1991)
In People With AIDS Coalition Newsline
- Surviving and Thriving With AIDS (1988)
From HIV Coalition (HIVCO)
- Coping With AIDS Terror: A Guide for the Urban Gay (1986)
In In Style for Men
Support Groups
- Guys and Girls -- Interview With the Founder of New York City's Straight Social Group (March/April 2005)
After 10 years, 12 marriages, several babies and many new friendships, Thorner Harris' unique group has successfully given heterosexual HIVers a stigma-free way to meet up.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- The HIVe: A Social Group for HIV-Positive Gay Men in New York City (July 2004)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Peer Counseling Perspectives: Support Groups -- Tools for Living Well (March/April 2004)
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- Fight or Flight, Stay or Leave? (March 2003)
"As a young African-American man, I feel so different from everyone else in my support group".
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- The Challenge of Group Psychotherapy (December 2002)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Self Help and Empowerment: What Is It? (Summer 2002)
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
- Supporting Each Other (July 1999)
Support groups and HIV.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- A Support Group Thrives in Brooklyn (March 1998)
Project Hope and the Brooklyn Group Support Project.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
Self Image
Getting Professional Help
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