Determinants of depression and HIV-related worry among HIV-positive women who have recently given birth, Bangkok, Thailand

Patterns of Risk of Depressive Symptoms Among HIV-Positive Women in the Southeastern United States

“…Although high rates of depressive symptoms have been reported in other populations of women with HIV disease (Bennetts et al, 1999;Cook et al, 2002;Hudson et al, 2001;Kaplan et al, 1997;Miles et al, 1997;Moneyham et al, 2000;Morrison et al, 2002;Moore et al, 1999), the results suggest that the prevalence of depression among rural women with HIV disease may be much higher than for other populations of HIV positive women. Because the rate of high levels of depressive symptoms reported in the study population are much higher even than that reported among rural women in general (as high as 40%) (Berry, 1993; Hoyt et al, 1997; Marx et al, 2001), it appears that the onset of a chronic illness such as HIV disease has a devastating effect on women already vulnerable to depressive symptoms because of the characteristics of the rural environments in which they live.…”

“…Recent investigations of HIV-positive women (Bennetts et al, 1999;Cook et al, 2002;Hudson et al, 2001;Kaplan, Marks, & Mertens, 1997;Miles, Burchinal, Holditch-Davis, Wasilewski, & Christian, 1997;Moneyham, Sowell, Seals, & Demi, 2000;Moore et al, 1999;Morrison et al, 2002) report high rates of depressive symptoms. In the limited number of studies of depression in HIV/AIDS populations that included females, women consistently reported significantly higher levels of depressive symptoms than their male counterparts (Bennetts;Berry, 1993;McCain & Cella, 1995). Although studies of depressive symptoms have not included rural women with HIV/AIDS, evidence suggests that these women may be at particularly high risk.…”

Correlates of perceived Stigma and depression among the women with HIV/AIDS infection

“…In this study stigma refers to perceived or felt stigma refers to an individual's anticipated fear of societal attitudes and potential discrimination due to HIV infection 4 . Depression: Depression is a period of intense sad mood and other physical symptoms that exist nearly every day for at least 2 weeks 17 In this study depression refers to affective components: depressed mood, feelings of guilt and worthlessness, feelings of hopelessness and helplessness, psychomotor Among the total 50 HIV/AIDS infected women maximum, 26(52%) were belonged to the age group of 28 -36 years. All the women were married and of which 28(56%) were widows.…”

Helping Patients Talk About HIV: Inclusion of Messages on Disclosure in Prevention with Positives Interventions in Clinical Settings

“…Serostatus disclosure is a unique and complex process nested within social relationships, situations, and contexts (Cusick & Rhodes, 1999;Derlega, Winstead, Greene, Serovich, & Elwood, 2002). HIV serostatus disclosure to sexual partners may vary by race or ethnicity (Mansergh, Marks, & Simoni, 1995;Marks et al, 1992;Mayfield Arnold, Rice, Flannery, & Rotheram-Borus, 2008), gender (Ciccarone et al, 2003;Duru et al, 2006;Mayfield Arnold et al, 2008;Weinhardt et al, 2004), sexual orientation (Ciccarone et al, 2003;Duru et al, 2006;Weinhardt et al, 2004), partner type (Buchanan, Poppen, & Reisen, 1996;Carballo-Dieguez, Remien, Dolezal, & Wagner, 1997;Crepaz & Marks, 2003;Duru et al, 2006;Mansergh et al, 1995;Perry et al, 1994;Stein et al, 1998;Wolitski, Rietmeijer, Goldbaum, & Wilson, 1998), partner serostatus (Bachmann et al, 2009;Crepaz & Marks, 2003;De Rosa & Marks, 1998;Marks et al, 1992;, psychological well-being (Armistead, Morse, Forehand, Morse, & Clark, 1993;Bennetts et al, 1999;Kalichman & Nachimson, 1999), and substance use (Latkin et al, 2001;Marks & Crepaz, 2001;Reback, Larkins, & Shoptaw, 2003). Personal guidelines may inform the approach of PLWHA (People living with HIV/ AIDS) to disclosing to sex partners (Rutledge, 2009).…”