Psychological Distress in People with HIV/ AIDS: Prevalence Rates and Methodological Issues

摘要: Prevalence studies consistently show that most people with HIV illness do not have elevated rates of psychiatric disorder at any given time, but these permit characterization overall levels psychological distress in this population. This paper reviews published examining and depressive symptomatology HIV/AIDS matched comparison groups as assessed by self-report rating scales. Findings indicate differ considerably across to population norms, although scores typically are highly for either seropositive or seronegative groups. Methodological issues may explain variation discussed, including recruitment methods, composition samples, methods assessing distress. It is suggested those should be examined an understanding the diversity factors can contribute distress, well differential availability resources cope stressors among infected.