title: Fear of AIDS: the impact of public anxiety in young people.
abstract: Two young adolescents are reported in whom fears of contracting AIDS were a prominent part of their clinical presentation. Public anxiety, specific developmental vulnerability, and exposure to the media information campaign about HIV infection and AIDS are discussed as factors in the genesis and precipitation of emotional disorder in these youngsters.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Psychiatry, Bristol Royal Hospital for Sick Children.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lewin
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000523:psychology*; D000293:Adolescent; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000209:etiology*; D001007:Anxiety; D002648:Child; D005239:Fear; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male