Aspects of Psychological Disorders in People Living with HIV-AIDS: An Indian Scenario
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 4, Issue 3
Abstract
In India Psychological problems in HIV patients are difficult to manage due to poor awareness among the rural population and lack of proper counseling. In fact, there is lack of adequate number of health and social workers to counteract the burden of AIDS in India. Patients living in rural areas are worst victim of the AIDS burden. The psychological problems in AIDS patients continue to increase while those who having good psychological health admit that, role of consoler is supreme in helping them to fight against stress and other psychological disorders. Various aspects of psychological disorders which are supposed to be causes for development of psychological disorders in AIDS patients are discussed in this paper. Keywords: HIV patients, social workers.
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Smita Tripathi, Abha Saxena, Richik Tripathi
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