AEGiS-07IAC: Responding to psychosocial challenges of AIDS: an integrated multidisciplinary team approach.

7th International AIDS Conference


Florence, Italy — June 16-21, 1991

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Responding to psychosocial challenges of AIDS: an integrated multidisciplinary team approach.

Int Conf AIDS 1991 Jun 16-21; 7:459 (abstract no. W.D.4286)
Hanan JL, Wertman S, Moura EM, Morais-de-Sa CA; Gaffree & Guinle University Hospital, University of Rio de Janeiro - UNI-RIO, Brazil

OBJECTIVES: 1. Develop a multidisciplinary approach, teaming social workers and psychologists with physicians; 2. to help patients begin to express their emotional response and understand their life situation. METHODOLOGY: Patients were attended during 1990 using an existential - humanistic approach; were encouraged to seek counseling as needed on an unscheduled basis; and were also seen on the inpatient services when hospitalized. A continuity relationship was established and separate on psychosocial charts maintained.

RESULTS: Our study comprised 167 patients: 121 men, 30 women and 16 children. The greatest psychosocial difficulties related were: family difficulties, socio-economical difficulties, conflits of sexuality, depression, anxiety and depression + ansiety. TABULAR DATA, SEE ABSTRACT VOLUME.

CONCLUSIONS: We observed improved clinical evolution (72 for men; 14 for women; 07 for children) in patients who underwent social-emotional therapeutic support when socio-emotional issues were resolved or diminished. We believe that the continuation of this work could respond to other psychosocial challenges of AIDS.

Keywords: AEGIS, Social Support, Counseling, Social Work, Family, Sexuality, Depression, Human, Female, Male, Child, therapy, ICA7KWDaegis,socialsupport,counseling,socialwork,family,sexuality,depression,human,female,male,child,therapy,ica7
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