AIDS, HIV and Mental Health (Psychiatry and Medicine)

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Book Description First published in 1993, this book provides a concise, critical account of the mental health aspects of HIV infection as it affected patients, their partners and families, health professionals and other carers in the early 1990s. From the Back Cover This book provides a concise, critical account of the mental health aspects of HIV infection as it affects patients, their partners and families, health professionals and other carers. The author, whose research, teaching and practice are conducted in an academic department of psychiatry, offers a considered and objective overview of the available information on psychological and behavioural aspects of AIDS and HIV, and challenges a number of ill-founded attitudes and opinions.