Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Editor's Preface IX
4. Contributors XIII
5. 1 Introduction: What We Have Learned 1
6. PART I Medical Issues for Mental Health Practitioners
7. 2 Issues of the Medical Treatment of AIDS Relevant to Mental Health Practitioners 12
8. 3 Questions from Mental Health Practitioners About AIDS 25
9. 4 Neuropsychiatrie Syndromes in AIDS and AIDS-Related Illnesses 32
10. 5 The Role of Psychiatry: Evaluation and Treatment of the Altered Mental Status in Persons with AIDS 45
11. 6 Medicine and the Psychology of Treating the Terminally III 51
12. PART II Mental Health Treatment
13. 7 The Impact of AIDS on the Physician 63
14. 8 Psychosocial Challenges of AIDS and ARC: Clinical and Research Observations 75
15. 9 Treatment Issues Concerning Persons with AIDS 87
16. 10 Impact of Risk Reduction on Mental Health 95
17. 11 Counseling HIV Seropositives 103
18. 12 Mental Health Issues of Persons with AIDS 111
19. 13 Therapy for Life, Therapy for Death 125
20. PART III Related Issues
21. 14 Reflections on Archetypal Aspects of AIDS and a Psychology of Gay Men 133
22. 15 Women and AIDS 142
23. 16 Substance Abuse as a Cofactorfor AIDS 155
24. 17 Counseling Survivors 163
25. PART IV Public Health Issues
26. 18 Psychosocial Sensitivity in Hospital Care: San Francisco General Hospital 173
27. 19 Coordinated Community-Based AIDS Treatment 184
28. 20 AIDS: Public Policy and Mental Health Issues 192
29. Index 199