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Comprehensive Textbook of AIDS Psychiatry

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ISBN-10: 0195304357

ISBN-13: 9780195304350

Edition: 2008

Authors: Mary Ann Cohen, Jack M. Gorman

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Among the vast and rapidly growing field of AIDS research, there is an ample body of evidence supporting the fact that psychiatric treatment can decrease transmission, diminish suffering, improve adherence, and decrease morbidity and mortality. There is probably no other illness in which the connections between mind and body are so inextricably woven. But until now there has been no comprehensive textbook of AIDS psychiatry to guide clinicians towards providing much needed care.Using a biopsychosocial approach, this 41-chapter volume offers insight into the interface between the psychiatric, medical, and social dimensions of HIV and AIDS. Drawing on clinical experience as well as…    
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List price: $125.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/27/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 800
Size: 10.00" wide x 6.89" long x 1.61" tall
Weight: 2.860
Language: English

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