Overview Of Psychological Issues Concerning AIDS

OverviewOfPsychologicalIssuesConcerningAIDS37.pdf

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Title

Overview Of Psychological Issues Concerning AIDS

Subject

Terminal care (AIDS)
AIDS (Disease)
HIV (Viruses)
HIV/AIDS
AIDS death and dying

Description

Document entitled "Overview of Psychological Issues Concerning AIDS".
First page: states that it was prepared by Ken Wein, Ph.D and Diego Lopez, C.S.W.
i. Social Isolation. ii. Alteration in Quality of Life.
Second page: iii. Drop in Self-Esteem. iv. Intensity of Emotion.
Third page: v. Issue of Control. vi. Denial. vii. Financial Stressors.
Fourth page: Emotional Stages of the Dying Patient. 1. First Stage: Denial and Isolation. 2. Second Stage: Anger. 3. Third Stage: Bargaining. 4. Fourth Stage: Depression. 5. Fifth Stage: Acceptance.
Fifth page: General Counselling Recommendations. 1. Treatment Goals. 2. Control Issues. 3. Be helpful, but don't "overhelp". 4. Maximise the quality of the patient's life. 5. Encourage the patient to be vocal and expressive. 6. Permit Denial.
Sixth page: 7. Encourage participation in groups. 8. Reliability, consistency and continuity. 9. Be sensitive to the patient's social unit. 10. Allow time for the therapeutic alliance to develop. 11. Avoid statistics. 12. Maintain regular contact with the patient's primary physician. 13. Accept being used as a dartboard. 14. Giver yourself permission to experience discomfort.

Creator

Ken Wein, Ph.D
Diego Lopez, C.S.W.

Source

Arthur Leahy Collection

Rights

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Format

application/pdf

Language

eng

Type

Documents
Text

Identifier

2017.21.5.1.621

Citation

Ken Wein, Ph.D and Diego Lopez, C.S.W. , “Overview Of Psychological Issues Concerning AIDS,” Cork LGBT Archive, accessed May 8, 2024, https://corklgbtarchive.com/items/show/888.