Coping With Other Mental Health Issues
 Mental Therapy and HIV: One Patient's Perspective -- A Blog Entry by Ibrahim (April 26, 2013)
"The mental burden of being HIV positive is of substantial weight that could equal, if not exceed, the weight of the physical damage HIV can cause to the body."
From TheBody.com
- Examining Mental Health Needs of People Living With HIV (July 27, 2012)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- The Global Perspective on HIV/AIDS and Mental Health (July 26, 2012)
From AIDS.gov
 The Insidious Effects of Trauma and PTSD (Summer 2012)
To read PDF, click here.
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
 Forget-Me-Not: A Blog Entry by B. Osten (May 4, 2012)
"I have to admit, throughout my life I had more than my fair share of bad memories and five years ago I would have gladly given them up to dementia. Today, I realize to lose even one of them would be losing a part of me."
From TheBody.com
- Trauma Fuels HIV Cases (March 30, 2012)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
 FAQs About HIV and Mental Health From The Body's "Ask the Experts" Forums (February 24, 2012)
From The Body's "Ask the Experts" Forums
- The Only Thing "Positive" in My Life Was My HIV Status: A Blog Entry by B. Osten (February 14, 2012)
"Every now and then the past creeps back. And when it does I take a moment and compare it to where I am today."
From TheBody.com
- Reclaiming Emotional Wellness (November/December 2011)
The challenges of HIV and mental health.
To read PDF, click here.
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
 Under The Radar: Mental Health and HIV Risk -- A Blog Entry by David Fawcett, Ph.D., L.C.S.W. (November 22, 2011)
"We need to be certain our outreach and prevention efforts incorporate the effects of mood disorders and behavioral concerns on sexual behaviors. ... To truly get to zero, we need to broaden our reach to all of the varied settings where vulnerability for HIV is born."
From TheBody.com
- Mental Health Services Are "Critical" to Comprehensive Approach for People Living With HIV (October 12, 2011)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Gay Pride Is an Inside Job: A Blog Entry by David Fawcett, Ph.D., L.C.S.W. (June 14, 2011)
Therapist and longtime HIV survivor David Fawcett wasn't always as out and proud as he is nowadays. In college in the mid-'70s he sat, red-faced and closeted, through classes that taught homosexuality as a form of social deviance. A lot has changed since then.
From TheBody.com
- Mental and Psychological Problems Affect Over 50% in U.S. HIV Group (March 2011)
To read PDF, click here.
In HIV Treatment ALERTS!, from The Center for AIDS
- Sexual Minorities More Likely to Seek Mental Health Services, Study Finds (August 14, 2009)
Greater levels of discrimination, stress may be factors, researchers say.
From University of California-Los Angeles
- Abuse and Trauma: Lessons for HIV Prevention and Care (PDF) (2009)
A group of HIV advocates, medical professionals and anti-violence community organizers gathered to answer some of the key questions about the links between trauma, HIV risk and mental health -- and devise ways those links might be broken.
From San Francisco AIDS Foundation
- Trauma: Frozen Moments, Frozen Lives (Summer 2008)
To read PDF, click here.
In Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation
- Literature Review: Screening Tool for Mental Illness, Substance Abuse Validated (January 2006)
In Infectious Diseases in Corrections Report, from Brown Medical School
- HIV Infection and Its Effects on the Emotions (2006)
A book excerpt.
To read PDF, click here.
In The Guide to Living With HIV Infection, from Johns Hopkins University Press
- 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
- Stable Partnership and Progression to AIDS or Death in HIV Infected Patients Receiving Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy: Swiss HIV Cohort Study (January 3, 2004)
Abstract of a study finding that, from a health standpoint, relationships matter.
In British Medical Journal
- Mental Health AIDS Newsletter (PDF) (Winter 2003/2004)
Includes a summary of clinical recommendations and published research regarding the psychological factors that influence sexual risk behavior between men.
In Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, from AETC National Resource Center
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