Mental health needs of people living with HIV/AIDS in India: A literature review

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 417-425

  Das, Shankar ^a   Leibowitz, George S ^b  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

developing countries; India; mental health disorder; people living with HIV AIDS; policy

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANDEMIC; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 79952514535     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2010.507752     Document Type: Article

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