Psychiatrists' Knowledge and Attitudes About the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

Psychiatrists' Knowledge and Attitudes About the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

Sin ce 1981 the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (A IDS) has beco me the primary health care issue in this nation. Psychiatrists ha ve had a central role in caring for A IDS patients: they have been asked to evaluate and treat patie nt s with neuropsychiatric manifestations of AIDS and emot iona l react ions to the illn ess itself, as well as to treat those who are fearful of acquiri ng A ID...

Knowledge of schoolchildren about the acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

Teenage schoolchildren are often sexually active and first experiments with drugs can occur at this age. A questionnaire survey of the knowledge and source of information about the acquired immune deficiency syndrome was carried out on 232 15-year-olds at a school in Fife. The results showed that this younger age group is well-informed about AIDS, particularly methods of transmission of the vir...

Knowledge and attitudes of Korean dentists towards human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome

PURPOSE Infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) remains a major global threat, and although the prevalence is comparatively still very low, the number of HIV-positive Koreans is increasing. However, there are no official guidelines as to how to treat people living with HIV/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) (PLWHA) or how to screen for potentially infectious people. This study ...

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

The first Australian case of acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), which occurred in a 27-year-old homosexual man, is reported. The patient, an American citizen now resident in Sydney, presented with life-threatening pulmonary consolidation. AIDS is characterized by severe defects in cell-mediated immunity associated with infections and neoplasms (most commonly Pneumocystis carinii pneumo...

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome.