Effects of a supportive-expressive group intervention on long-term psychosocial adjustment in HIV-infected gay men

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 132-140

  Weiss, Jeffrey J ^a,d   Mulder, Cornelis L ^a   Antoni, Michael H ^c   De Vroome, Ernest M M ^b   Garssen, Bert ^a   Goodkin, Karl ^c  

^a HELEN DOWLING INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Gay men; Group intervention; HIV infection; Psychosocial adjustment; Randomized trial

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPORT GROUP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DEPRESSION; EXPRESSED EMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SELF-HELP GROUPS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037269686     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000069732     Document Type: Article

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