Outcomes from a group intervention for coping with HIV/AIDS and childhood sexual abuse: Reductions in traumatic stress

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-60

  Sikkema, Kathleen J ^a,b   Hansen, Nathan B ^a   Kochman, Arlene ^a   Tarakeshwar, Nalini ^a   Neufeld, Sharon ^a   Meade, Christina S ^b   Fox, Ashley M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood sexual abuse; Coping; Group intervention; HIV AIDS; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS PATIENT; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CRIME VICTIMS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33846444779     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-006-9149-8     Document Type: Article

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