title: Psychosocial aspects of AIDS.
abstract: Bereavement after diagnosing AIDS or other HIV disease, psychological symptoms secondary to brain disease and the social consequences of having AIDS all interact to produce a devastating illness where the patient may be intensely grieving, demented and totally rejected by all of society.
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D003704:Dementia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D003913:Dextroamphetamine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006716:Homosexuality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D008774:Methylphenidate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011477:Sex Work; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders
chemical_list: D008774:Methylphenidate; D003913:Dextroamphetamine