Self-help groups for HIV seropositive people.

From: American Rehabilitation | Date: September 22, 1993| Author: Carlton, Terry; Beck, Richard; Allen, Harry | Copyright information

Rehabilitation and other counselors are increasingly encountering clients who are HIV seropositive (HIV+), with or without symptoms, or who have AIDS. Angell (1991) presents data which estimates the present HIV+ population in the United States at 1 million, and growing geometrically. Many of these will also have secondary disabilities related to addictions (Devita, Hellman, & Rosenberg, 1988). Researchers have noted a plethora of psychosocial reactions of HIV+ people and of people ...

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