@article{0df4719a2cdc4e66b2be62f9a8a2eb1b,
title = "Bereavement and HIV infection",
abstract = "The loss of a loved one is a potent and frequent life stressor for those infected with HIV and those at risk for infection. Early in the epidemic, bereavement in homosexual men was associated with increased distress in a dose-response relationship with the number of losses. More recent research suggests that this is not the case, though a relationship with increased grief level and with perceived self-threat is still recognized. A change in the form of bereavement response to a reaction resembling chronic, post-traumatic distress is also possible. Future research wing a stressor-support-coping model is advocated to investigate this possibility. Studies on the effect of bereavement should be conducted with other HIV infected and at-risk groups. Brief, supportive, group psychotherapy for recent loss and total loss burden due to HIV/AIDS is advocated to prevent associated psychological morbidity. The effects of such interventions on immune measures and the clinical progression of HIV disease also merits investigation.",
author = "Karl Goodkin and Blaney, {Nancy T.} and Tuttle, {Raymond S.} and Nelson, {Rhonda H.} and Teri Baldewicz and Mahendra Kumar and Fletcher, {Mary Ann} and Barbara Leeds and Feaster, {Daniel J.}",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by NIMH grant #MH48628 and 486288 to Dr. Goodkin. We acknowledge the Helen Dowling Institute for Biopsy-chosocial Medicine, Rotterdam, The Netherlands for engaging Dr. Goodkin as a consultant with funds provided by the Dutch Ministry of Health for research in HIV/AIDS. In addition, we would like to acknowledge Michael Uselmann, M.S., Carlos Gonzales, B.A., and Jack Burkhalter, M.S. for their support in recruitment of participants from the community who have suffered a loss to participate in our own research study. We would also like to thank the local community agencies regularly represented at our bimonthly community liaison group for their support in referring participants to our studies: the People with AIDS (PWA) Coalition, Health Crisis Network, Body Positive, Center One, Cure AIDS Now, South Florida AIDS Network, the Community Research Initiative, and the Family Health Centers. Most importantly of all, we would like to thank our participants for enrolling in our own bereavement support group study at such a difficult time in their lives.",
year = "1996",
month = sep,
doi = "10.3109/09540269609046304",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "8",
pages = "201--216",
journal = "International Review of Psychiatry",
issn = "0954-0261",
publisher = "Informa Healthcare",
number = "2-3",
}