Psychosocial and Public Health Impacts of New HIV Therapies

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ostrow, David G. (Editor), Kalichman, Seth C. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2002.
• Series: AIDS Prevention and Mental Health,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Public health.; Health promotion.; Infectious diseases.; Health psychology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Public Health.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.; Infectious Diseases.; Health Psychology.

“AIDS is kind of like life, just speeded up. ” JavonP. ,heroinaddictwithAIDS, Bronx,NewYork, 1988 “Now I’m not so much scared of dying as scared of living. ” Mike D. , heroin addict with AIDS, New Haven, Connecticut, 1998 Within little more than a decade, AIDS has been tranformed from an untreatable...

Table of Contents:

• Combination Antiretroviral Chemotherapy
• Pharmacokinetics of Protease Inhibitors and Drug Interactions with Psychoactive Drugs
• Treatment Adherence to HIV Medications
• Combination Antiretroviral Therapies for HIV
• Ethical Issues in the Use of New Treatments for HIV
• Mental Health Implications of New HIV Treatments
• Practical Prevention Issues
• Postexposure Prophylaxis
• Behavioral Research Needs and Challenges of New Treatments.