title: Group psychotherapy for HIV-seropositive patients with major depression.
abstract: Patients were recruited from the UCLA AIDS Research Center who had previously been referred to psychiatry for participation in an open-label pilot treating patients with major depression with fluoxetine. They chose to participate in group therapy for continuing distress in coping with their HIV-seropositive status, dissolution of their support system, "accepting patienthood," and on being placed on an experimental medical protocol. The group was a closed, twenty-session, homogeneous (for patient characteristics), psychoeducational, supportive, and cognitively oriented psychotherapy group. We found this to be a successful intervention in helping patients manage HIV illness and in providing the coping skills and social support necessary to function at home, work, and in their interaction with their health care providers.
authors.affiliation: University of California, Irvine.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Levine
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bystritsky
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Baron
authors.forename: L D
authors.initials: LD
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D000386:AIDS-Related Complex / Q000523:psychology*; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005473:Fluoxetine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006679:HIV Seropositivity / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods*; D012803:Sick Role
chemical_list: D005473:Fluoxetine