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| Published: December 25, 2015
Psycho-Social Rehabilitation Outcomes among HIV-AIDS Patients during One Year Study
Clinical Psychologist & Research Associate at Institute of Psychiatry & WHO Collaborating Centre, Benazir Bhutto Hospital, Rawalpindi Pakistan
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Professor of Psychiatry, Head Institute of Psychiatry & WHO Collaborating Centre, Benazir Bhutto Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
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DIP: 18.01.513/20150301
DOI: 10.25215/0301.513
ABSTRACT
Objective: The objective of this study was to examine the effect of psycho-social rehabilitation outcome on the psychological issues of HIV patients, during one year study. Method: This study was conducted at Institute of Psychiatry, Benazir Bhutto Hospital Rawalpindi. Sample was solely selected from injecting drug users (IDUs). It was both mixed method approach, based on pre and post testing. Result: Statistical analysis showed significant results and describe the marked reduction in psychological symptoms. Conclusion: Although symptoms of HIV-AIDS is difficult to revert but the associated psychological symptoms can be catered by strengthening the coping skills of the patient.
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HIV, AIDS, Psychological Issues, Psycho-Social Rehabilitation, Pre-Post Assessment, Intravenous Drug Users (IV)
This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
© 2015 I H Khatoon, F Minhas
Received: December 11, 2015; Revision Received: December 15, 2015; Accepted: December 25, 2015
Haleema Khatoon @ haleema.khatoon786@gmail.com
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.513/20150301
10.25215/0301.513
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