PSYC 250 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Panic Attack, Window Period, Serostatus
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Hiv and aids: psychological effects of this disease. This chronic viral syndrome has some consequences for the mental health of those affected. Hiv and aids: these two words refer to a painful reality that is present in our lives. Hiv infection and its evolution towards aids is, together with cancer and dementia, one of the serious diseases for which even today science has not found a cure. In the case of hiv, in addition to the effects of the disease itself, we find that it supposes a powerful stigma at the social level. In addition, the detection of human immunodeficiency virus and the idea of suffering and living with aids pose a hard blow can cause serious psychological problems. Before going into detail regarding the psychological effects of its detection and illness, it is important to keep in mind that, although linked, hiv and aids are not synonymous.
