Relationship of psychological morbidity and quality of life to illness-related disclosure among HIV-infected persons

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 199-203

  Chandra, Prabha S ^a   Deepthivarma, S ^a   Jairam, K R ^a   Thomas, Tinku ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

AIDS; Anxiety; Depression; Disclosure; HIV infection; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0037349414     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(02)00567-6     Document Type: Article

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