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Winter 2005 Newsletter / Volume 6, Issue 2

Resources

Books & Articles:

Avants, S.K., & Margolin, A. (2004). Development of spiritual self-schema (3-S) therapy for the treatment of addictive and HIV risk behavior: A convergence of cognitive and Buddhist psychology. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 14(3), 253-289.

"3-S therapy ... integrates contemporary cognitive-behavioral techniques with a spiritual path, here using a Buddhist framework, that can readily be adapted to incorporate individual religious beliefs and practices and that can target addictive and HIV risk behavior in the treatment of clients suffering from addiction" (p. 282).

Barroso, J., & Sandelowski, M. (2004). Substance abuse in HIV-positive women. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 15(5), 48-59.

"In this article, we report the results of a qualitative metasynthesis of studies containing information on substance abuse among HIV-positive women, using 74 published and unpublished reports. The data on 1,548 women, who were primarily mothers from minority groups, allowed us to construct a trajectory that describes the events of their lives with regard to substance abuse and its intersection with HIV infection" (p. 48).

DeFino, M., Clark, J., Mogyoros, D., & Shuter, J. (2004). Predictors of virologic success in patients completing a structured antiretroviral adherence program. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 15(5), 60-67.

"This study describes the [beneficial] effects of a structured, educational/motivational antiretroviral adherence program on virologic and immunologic parameters in HIV-infected patients. Patients were referred because of either self- or provider-identified barriers to adherence. All patients completed 6 to 8 weekly sessions with a nurse or adherence counselor, followed by four quarterly sessions. Sessions included an adherence assessment, individualized patient education, review of adherence strategies, motivational messages, anticipatory planning, and adherence tools" (p. 60).

Dickson-Gómez, J.B., Knowlton, A., & Latkin, C. (2004). Values and identity: The meaning of work for injection drug users involved in volunteer HIV prevention outreach. Substance Use & Misuse, 39(8), 1259-1286.

"Most HIV behavioral interventions provide ... preventive information emphasizing how not to behave, and have neglected to provide attractive and feasible alternatives to risky behavior. Interventions that emphasize cultural strengths may have more powerful effects and may help remove the stigma of HIV, which has hampered prevention efforts among African American communities. Starting in 1997, the SHIELD (Self-Help in Eliminating Life-Threatening Diseases) intervention trained injection drug users ... to conduct risk reduction outreach education among their peers. Many participants saw their outreach as 'work,' which gave them a sense of meaning and purpose and motivated them to make other positive changes in their lives" (pp. 1259-1260).

Ferri, R.S. (Ed.). (2004). Symptom management in the age of highly active antiretroviral therapy. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 15(5 Suppl.), 5S-33S.

This supplement to the September/October 2004 issue addresses "clinical and psychosocial sequelae affecting quality of life, management of common symptoms affecting quality of life, and the tools to measure quality of life in HIV-infected individuals" (pp. 5S-6S).

Fulk, L.J., Kane, B.E., Phillips, K.D., Bopp, C.M., & Hand, G.A. (2004). Depression in HIV-infected patients: Allopathic, complementary, and alternative treatments. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 57(4), 339-351.

"The purpose of this review article is to synthesize the current knowledge related to depression and HIV disease" (p. 339).

Gordon, C.M., Stall, R., & Cheever, L. (Eds.) (2004). Prevention interventions with persons living with HIV/AIDS. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 37(Suppl. 2), S53-S141.

"This supplement was initiated after a meeting sponsored by the Center for Mental Health Research on AIDS (National Institute of Mental Health [NIMH]) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) held in conjunction with the 2003 National HIV Prevention Conference in Atlanta. The goal was to discuss state-of-the-science behavioral risk reduction with HIV-positive persons and to outline immediate research needs" (p. S53).

Leszcz, M., Sherman, A., Mosier, J., Burlingame, G.M., Cleary, T., Ulman, K.H., Simonton, S., Latif, U., Strauss, B., & Hazelton, L. (2004). Group interventions for patients with cancer and HIV disease: Part IV. Clinical and policy recommendations. International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 54(4), 539-556.

"Earlier sections of this Special Report examined empirical findings for these interventions and provided recommendations for future research. The current section offers brief recommendations for service providers, policymakers, and stakeholders" (p. 540).

Pantin, H., Schwartz, S.J., Sullivan, S., Prado, G., & Szapocznik, J. (2004). Ecodevelopmental HIV prevention programs for Hispanic adolescents. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 74(4), 545-558.

Pantin and colleagues "illustrate how an ecodevelopmental perspective on risk and protection can be applied to the study and prevention of unsafe sexual behavior in Hispanic immigrant adolescents" (p. 545).

Poehlmann, J., White, T., & Bjerke, K. (2004). Integrating HIV risk reduction into family programs for women offenders: A family relationship perspective. Family Relations, 53(1), 26-37.

The authors illustrate ways in which family programs targeting women offenders can incorporate HIV risk reduction interventions.

Smiley, A. (2004). The intrapsychic realm of HIV/AIDS and related homelessness: Two case studies. Clinical Social Work Journal, 32(3), 251-269.

"The experience of clients with HIV/AIDS and related homelessness (as well as substance abuse) is explored intrapsychically ... . Concepts involving the early anxiety-situation, containment and holding inform two pertinent case studies and illuminate effective psychotherapeutic approaches to working with this population" (p. 251).

Stoff, D.M., Mitnick, L., & Kalichman, S. (Eds.). (2004). Research issues in the multiple diagnoses of HIV/AIDS, mental illness and substance abuse. AIDS Care, 16(Suppl. 1), S1-S153.

"This supplement ... contains a series of conceptual and methodologically based papers that emerged from the multisite research study, the HIV/AIDS Treatment Adherence, Health Outcomes and Cost Study ..., to investigate the efficacy of integrated interventions for HIV primary care, mental health and substance abuse on adherence, health outcomes and costs. Although these papers cover a wide range of topics related to people living with HIV infection who also have a diagnosed mental health and substance abuse disorder ..., they all coalesce around common themes that focus on HIV disease as a chronic illness, the impact of neuropsychiatric and substance use co-morbidities on HIV disease and the development of integrated interventions for comprehensive HIV care" (p. S1).

Internet Resources:

The 7 th International AIDS Impact Conference will convene April 4-7, 2005, in Cape Town, South Africa. Since 1991, this conference "has addressed the changing interaction between the biological, psychological and social effects of HIV infection." For more information, go to: http://www.aidsimpact.net/.

– Compiled by Abraham Feingold, Psy.D.

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