Illness appraisals and depression in the first year after HIV diagnosis.

Illness appraisals provide important context to help understand the way individuals cope with chronic illness. In the present study, a qualitative approach to the analysis of HIV diagnosis experience narratives in a sample of 100 people newly diagnosed with HIV revealed five groups that differed in...

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Main Authors: Judith Tedlie Moskowitz, Judith Wrubel, Jen R Hult, Stephanie Maurer, Michael Acree
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3808295?pdf=render