Arlene Kochman

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined internalized stigma among HIV-positive men and women (N = 268) in Milwaukee and Madison, Wisconsin, and New York City, and found that participants with high internalized HIV stigma had been diagnosed with HIV more recently, their families were less accepting of their illness, they were less likely to ever have attended an HIV support group, and they knew fewer people with HIV.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the prevalence and characteristics of suicidal ideation among middle-aged and older persons who have HIV infection or AIDS and reported higher levels of emotional distress and poorer health-related quality of life than those who had not considered suicide.

TL;DR: Results from a randomized controlled trial of a group intervention for coping with HIV and sexual abuse among HIV-positive men and women who were sexually abused as children found participants in the coping group intervention exhibited reductions in intrusive traumatic stress symptoms compared to the waitlist condition and in avoidant traumatic stress Symptoms compared to a support group condition.

TL;DR: A group intervention to address coping with HIV and CSA can be effective in reducing transmission risk behavior among HIV-positive men and women with histories of sexual trauma.

TL;DR: Patterns and predictors of psychological symptoms amongst late middle-aged and older adults living with HIV/AIDS in two large US cities were delineated and geropractitioners must be prepared to provide care to greater numbers of HIV-infected older adults.