Document 2085
 DOCN  M94A2085
 TI    Women's emotional response to AIDS.
 DT    9412
 AU    Kasta W; Moore C; Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, North York, Ontario.
 SO    Int Conf AIDS. 1994 Aug 7-12;10(1):384 (abstract no. PD0144). Unique
       Identifier : AIDSLINE ICA10/94370490
 AB    This paper will address themes from a ten-week psychotherapy group for
       women with a recent diagnosis of H.I.V. infection. The group was planned
       on a stress and coping model and was co-led by a Clinical Nurse
       Specialist in Psychiatry and a Social Worker affiliated with the H.I.V.
       Clinic. It was offered at a time when there were few resources for women
       with H.I.V. infection. Goals of the group were to assess and improve
       coping skills; to educate women about their illness in a supportive
       environment; and to establish a network of support for these women that
       could be maintained when the group ended. Themes of the group included
       victimization, anger at family and friends, frustration with the health
       care system and feelings of powerlessness. This paper will address the
       psychotherapy themes of lived experience with A.I.D.S., will describe
       the strengths and weaknesses of the stress and coping model and propose
       a different model based on grieving and feminist theory for women
       suffering from H.I.V. infection. The overall evaluations of the group
       were favourable and it is proposed that women do better with a
       supportive rather than a politically active thrust to group and
       individual healing.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PSYCHOLOGY  *Adaptation,
       Psychological  *Emotions  Female  Grief  Human  Internal-External
       Control  Patient Care Team  Patient Education  *Psychotherapy, Group
       *Sick Role  Social Support  MEETING ABSTRACT

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