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Coping With HIV
Coping Advice
- Coping With Serious Illness: Sandra Haber, Ph.D., Answers Your Questions (Regularly Updated)
From American Psychological Association
- 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)
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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.
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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
- 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
- Eight Simple Rules for Managing Those Holiday Blues (November/December 2003)
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- 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
- 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
- D for "Diagnosis" or for "Denial"? (October 2001)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- The Quality of Life of CRIA Update Readers: Survey Results (Fall 2001)
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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
- Setting Goals for Health and Fitness (July 2001)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- How to Overcome Fear and Shame: When That HIV Test Comes Back Positive (Summer 2001)
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
- Making Decisions About Antiviral Therapy (May 2001)
In HIV Treatment: Mental Health Aspects of Antiviral Therapy, from University of California-San Francisco AIDS Health Project
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Creed -- You Are Not Alone
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
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
- Older People With HIV Benefit From Telephone Support Groups (September 8, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- 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
Work
Religion/Spirituality
- Burning Away the Sorrow: How an HIVer Found Himself Again (March/April 2007)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Taking It on Faith: How Spirituality Can Heal What Meds Aren't Made to Mend (July/August 2005)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- On the Path Toward Reclaiming Your Spirituality, Expect Some Bumps Along the Way (March/April 2005)
Jeff Berry on his journey from diagnosis to disclosure to acceptance -- and the role that spirituality can play, even for someone who isn't religious.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Spirituality and Living With HIV (March/April 2005)
Spirituality can affect our bodies as much as medications can, writes Guy Pujol, D.Min.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- AIDS Is not a Punishment: Overcoming Guilt and Shame (December 20, 2003)
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From PositiveWords
- Treatment by Retreat (August 1999)
A report from a religious healing retreat for people with HIV.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- With a Song in My Heart (December 1998)
A report from the Atlanta area HIV/AIDS spiritual retreat "Heartsong".
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- What's Spirit Got to Do With It? (July 1998)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Choose Life! Taking Action to Be Fully Alive With HIV/AIDS (1994)
From Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches AIDS Ministry
- HIV/AIDS: Is It God's Judgment? (1994)
From Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches AIDS Ministry
- Spiritual Strength for Survival: Finding Hope to Be Fully Alive With HIV/AIDS (1989)
From Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches AIDS Ministry
Pets
Odds & Ends
- How I Find the JOY in Every Day (Spring 2008)
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In The Positive Side, from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
- On the Road With HIV: A Guide for Positive Travelers (Summer 2007)
In Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation
- Ten Things You Can Do to Have Fun and Make a Difference in NYC (2005)
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In Ten Simple Things You Can Do ..., from Body Positive
- The Past, the Present and the Future (July/August 2004)
A reflective essay written in 2001 by Charles Clifton, the Chicago AIDS advocate who passed away in August 2004.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
- Medals for Our Misery (June/July 2002)
Let's start giving Troop HIV some recognition.
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
- My Story Could Be Yours (December 2000)
How to respond to offensive comments about HIV.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Quotes (Summer 1998)
After 16 years with HIV, the author has collected a few odd statements about AIDS.
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
- Other Experts (January 1997)
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
- Long-Term Survivors of HIV/AIDS (May 1996)
In PWA Newsline
- Gay Men With AIDS in Rural America (1996)
In The Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services
- Coping With the Holidays With AIDS/HIV (1991)
In People With AIDS Coalition Newsline
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