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Suffering in Silence? Knowledge of Psychiatric Disorders Can Bring Relief

August 5th, 2003 khoward

While thinking back on my experiences as a therapist who specializes in working with people living with HIV, it’s rewarding to think of how so many clients have made such dramatic improvements in their lives once they accessed mental health services as well as good medical care. They were able to overcome any fears of seeking out mental health treatment and learned how to cope with their particular situations. Read the rest of this entry »

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Here’s to Your Health! Meditations on Adherence to “The Cocktail”

November 23rd, 2002 khoward

It seems like everyone in HIV care recently uses the word “adherence” as often as a transcendental meditationist uses the word “om”: over and over again. But isn’t that what “adherence” is? Taking your colorful collection of pills “over and over” again? Millions of people worldwide now toast themselves once or more times daily with a “cocktail” of antiretroviral medications. Read the rest of this entry »

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