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3.8 How psychosocial aspects of HIV infection can affect health
Author(s) -
Ross Michael W
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb94149.x
Subject(s) - affect (linguistics) , denial , psychosocial , disease , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , depression (economics) , psychology , psychiatry , medicine , clinical psychology , psychotherapist , immunology , communication , pathology , economics , macroeconomics
Psychological reactions to HIV infection will affect the course of the disease (for example, denial or depression may result in delayed treatment and increased morbidity). Reactions to people with HIV are sometimes irrationally fearful and prejudicial: these social realities also complicate the response to the disease and affect the patient's ability to cope.