Behavioral Aspects of AIDS

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvii

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2. Introduction

   1. A New Social Reformer

      • Daniel Defert

      Pages 1-6

3. AIDS

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7

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   2. Psychiatric Aspects of AIDS

      • David G. Ostrow

      Pages 9-18

   3. Psychovenereology

      • Michael W. Ross

      Pages 19-40

4. Prevention

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 41-41

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   2. Educational Strategies for Prevention of Sexual Transmission of HIV

      • Robb W. Johnson, David G. Ostrow, Jill Joseph

      Pages 43-73

   3. AIDS Prevention among Gay and Lesbian Youth

      • Ritch C. Savin-Williams, Rand E. Lenhart

      Pages 75-99

   4. Women at High Risk of HIV Infection

      • Dooley Worth

      Pages 101-119

   5. Prostitution and AIDS

      • Carole A. Campbell

      Pages 121-137

   6. Intravenous Drug Use and AIDS

      • Don C. Des Jarlais, Samuel R. Friedman, Joycelyn Sue Woods

      Pages 139-155

   7. Moving beyond Counseling and Knowledge-Enhancing Interventions

      • Larry L. Bye

      Pages 157-167

5. Neuropsychiatric Aspects of AIDS

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 169-169

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   2. Overview: The Management of the HIV-Positive Patient with Neuropsychiatric Impairment

      • David G. Ostrow, J. Hampton Atkinson III, Igor Grant

      Pages 171-186

   3. Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Psychological Problems Related to HIV Infection and Disease

      • David Miller

      Pages 187-206

   4. Diagnosis and Treatment of Neurologic Disorders in AIDS and Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases

      • Justin C. McArthur, James Ashe, Douglas Jabs

      Pages 207-234

   5. Diagnosis and Management of HIV Primary Dementia

      • Francisco Fernandez, Joel K. Levy

      Pages 235-246

   6. HIV Disease

      • Igor Grant, John R. Hesselink, Caroline J. Kennedy, J. Hampton Atkinson III

      Pages 247-266

   7. Somatic Treatment of Psychiatric Symptoms in HIV Disease

      • Katie A. Busch, Sarz Maxwell

      Pages 267-278

   8. Adjuvant Treatment of HIV Dementia with Psychostimulants

      • Francisco Fernandez, Joel K. Levy

      Pages 279-286

As we enter the last decade of the twentieth century, the AIDS epidemic looms ever larger and threatening. The specter of upwards of a million deaths in the United States and perhaps many millions worldwide from a sexually transmitted virus shakes our belief in modem medical science, while challenging the foundations of democratic society. Almost ten years into the epidemic, and with an enormous body of basic science research on the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), we still do not know why AIDS emerged when it did or how to stop its spread. A very humbling experience for scientists, clinicians, public health experts, politicians, and the general public. Yet there are signs that a well coordinated multidisciplinary research program can conquer the epidemic and, perhaps, provide the basis for preventing future epidemics. The HIV family of viruses is now better understood, both in terms of structure and function, than any other virus. Genetically engineered peptides and nucleic acids are being tested as specific treatments or vaccines against HIV infection/disease. Most prom­ ising are the strides which have been made in understanding those aspects of human behavior which have contributed to the spread of HIV infection and which must be substantially modified if AIDS is to be controlled and eventually eradicated. The basis of that understanding has roots in a diverse set of disciplines which have converged in the work presented in this book.

• Counseling
• Intervention
• Management
• Prevention
• Public Health
• Stress
• Training
• diagnosis
• prevention strategies
• psychiatry
• public health policy
• sexual behaviour

• University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA

  David G. Ostrow

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