Teenagers, HIV, and AIDS : insights from youths living with the virus /

Teenagers, HIV, and AIDS : insights from youths living with the virus / edited by Maureen E. Lyon and Lawrence J. D'Angelo. - Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2006. - xii, 275 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Sex, love, and psychology, 1554-222X .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

HIV in youth : how are they different? / Audrey Smith Rogers -- HIV infection and AIDS : the biology of the disease in adolescents / Hans Spiegel and Lawrence J. D'Angelo -- Caring for HIV-infected teens / Lawrence J. D'Angelo -- Adherence to medications for HIV : teens say, "too many, too big, too often" / Linda J. Koenig and Pamela J. Bachanas -- New treatments for HIV : what the future holds / Ligia Peralta -- Learning to live with an epidemic : reducing stigma and increasing safe and sensitive socializing with persons with HIV / Beatrice J. Krauss ... [et al.] -- HIV disclosure : who knows? who needs to know? clinical and ethical considerations / Lori Wiener and Maureen E. Lyon -- Mental health issues for children infected and affected by HIV and their families / Willo Pequegnat -- Preventing HIV infection in adolescents : what works for uninfected teens / Ralph J. DiClemente and Richard A. Crosby -- Programs that work : prevention for positives / Heather D. Tevendale and Marguerita Lightfoot -- The voices of teens living with HIV : how you can support us / Latoya C. Conner, Arnita M. Wilson, and Maureen E. Lyon -- Teen talk : living with HIV / Lori Wiener and Lauren V. Wood -- When all else fails : end-of-life care for adolescents / Maureen E. Lyon and Maryland Pao -- The children left behind / Audrey Smith Rogers.

0275988929 (alk. paper) 9780275988920 (hardback)

1554-222X

2006021971


AIDS (Disease) in adolescence--Anecdotes.
HIV infections--Anecdotes.
Teenagers--Diseases--Anecdotes.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--psychology.
HIV Infections--psychology.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--therapy.
Adolescent.
HIV Infections--therapy.

RJ387.A25 / T442 2006

618.92/9792

WC 503.7 / T258 2006