Mental Health Experiences of Older Adults Living with HIV: Uncertainty, Stigma, and Approaches to Resilience

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 125-140

  Furlotte, Charles ^a   Schwartz, Karen ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

aging; HIV AIDS; mental health; qualitative research; resilience

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MENTAL HEALTH; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL APPEARANCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STIGMA; SYMPTOM; UNCERTAINTY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 85016249529     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: 17101107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0714980817000022     Document Type: Article

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