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This book examines the impact of HIV/AIDS on an especially vulnerable client population, covering an array of related topics, with each entry listing basic facts placed in mental health context. Includes print references and web resources for further study.

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Although efforts have been made and continue to be made to reduce the rate of HIV transmission in the U.S. and globally, the rates continue to increase in the majority of countries. In the U.S., members of minority communities remain especially at risk of HIV transmission. An individual´s discovery that he or she has contracted HIV, or that a loved one has contracted the illness, often raises significant issues that necessitate interaction with mental health professionals. Mental Health Practitioner´s Guide to HIV/AIDS serves as a quick desk reference for professionals who may be less familiar with the terminology used in HIV/AIDS care and services.

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Introduction.-Mental Health Comorbidity and HIV/AIDS.-Legal Issues for the HIV-Infected Client.-Access to care.-Adherence.-African Americans.-Aging.-AIDS activism.-IDS service organizations.-Alternative and traditional healing.-Antiretroviral.-Asians and Pacific Islanders.-Bisexuals and bisexuality.-Blood and Blood Disorders.-Caregiving and Caregivers.-Case management.-Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.-Children.-Christianity.-Clinical Trials.-Cognitive impairment.-Communication.-Confidentiality laws.-Conspiracy theories.-Contact tracing.-Coping.-Council of International Organizations for Medical Sciences (CIOMS).-Cultural sensitivity.-Cytomegalovirus.-Declaration of Helsinki.-Denialism.-Disability laws.-Disclosure.-Disclosure laws.-Discrimination.-Duty to Warn.-Economic impact.-Faith Community.-Fatalism.-Gender identity.-Gender role.-Harm reduction.-Hate crimes.-HIV counseling.-HIV testing.-HIV-associated dementia.-HIV-related cancers.-Housing and homelessness.-Human rights.-Human trafficking.-Immigration.-Informed consent.-Internet.-Islam.-Labor migration.-Latinos.-Lesbians.-Media.-Medicaid.-Medical marijuana.-Medicare.-Mindfulness.-Monogamy.-Orphans.-Partner notification.-Partner violence.-Physician-patient relationship.-Prevention strategies.-Protease inhibitors.-Quarantine and isolation.-Relativism.-Religion and spirituality.-Reproduction.-Risk behaviors.-Risk groups.-Ryan White Health Care Act.-Sex toys.-Sex work and sex workers.-Sexual orientation.-Sexually transmitted diseases.-Social support.-Standard of care.-Stigma and stigmatization.-Substance use.-Suicide and HIV.-Survival sex.-Syringe exchange.-Transgender.-Transsexuality.-Tuskegee Syphilis Study.-United Nations.-Universalism.-Women.-World Health Organization.-World Trade Organization

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