Comprehensive Textbook of AIDS Psychiatry

Dr. Mary Ann Cohen has been a physician for 40 years and has devoted 34 years to the psychological care of the medically ill in the field of psychosomatic medicine. During those years, she has demonstrated her dedication to teaching clinical excellence and providing compassionate care to persons with medical and psychiatric illness and has helped to create health care environments that meet patients' needs and combat discrimination and stigma in the care of persons with medical and mental illness. Board certified in psychiatry, addiction psychiatry, geriatric psychiatry, psychosomatic medicine, Dr. Cohen has devoted the last quarter century of her professional life to the integrated care of an underserved population of persons with HIV and AIDS and has done so with optimism and dignity.

PART I. PSYCHIATRIC RELEVANCE AND IMPLICATIONS OF AIDS PSYCHIATRY ; 1. History of AIDS Psychiatry - A Biopsychosocial Approach - Paradigm and Paradox ; 2. HIV/AIDS at 25: History, Epidemiology, Clinical Manifestations, and Treatment ; 3. Psychoneuroimmunology and HIV ; 4. Epidemiology of Psychiatric Disorders Associated with HIV and AIDS ; 5. Sociocultural Factors Influencing the Transmission of HIV/AIDS in the United States: AIDS and the Nations Prisons ; PART II. COMPREHENSIVE AIDS PSYCHIATRIC ASSESSMENT ; 6. A Biopsychosocial Approach to Psychiatric Consultation in Persons with HIV and AIDS ; 7. Neuropsychological Evaluation ; PART III. PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS AND HIV INFECTION ; 8. Substance Use Disorders - The Special Role in HIV Transmission ; 9. Mood Disorders ; 10. HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders ; 11. Anxiety Disorders ; 12. Psychotic Disorders and Severe Mental Illness ; 13. The Role of Personality in HIV Risk Behaviors: Implications for Treatment ; PART IV. UNIQUE PSYCHIATRIC MANIFESTATIONS OF HIV INFECTION ; 14. Distress in Persons with HIV and AIDS ; 15. Insomnia and HIV - A Biopsychosocial Approach ; 16. Fatigue and HIV ; 17. Unique Manifestations of HIV-Associated Dementia ; 18. Suicide ; PART V. NEUROPATHOLOGIC MANIFESTATIONS OF HIV INFECTION ; 19. HIV and the Central Nervous System ; 20. Neurological Complications of HIV in the Spinal Cord and the Peripheral Nervous System ; PART VI. PSYCHIATRIC ASPECTS OF RISK BEHAVIORS, PREVENTION OF HIV TRANSMISSION, AND ADHERENCE TO MEDICAL CARE ; 21. The Role of Psychiatric Disorders in HIV Transmission and Prevention ; 22. Psychiatric Aspects of Adherence to Medical Care and Treatment for HIV/AIDS ; 23. Homelessness and HIV Risk and Prevention ; PART VII. AIDS PSYCHIATRY THROUGH THE LIFE CYCLE ; 24. Childhood and Adolescence ; 25. Young Adulthood and Serodiscordant Couples ; 26. Older Age and HIV Infection ; PART VIII. AIDS PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT AND PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC MODALITIES ; 27. Psychiatric Interventions ; 28. Social Service Interventions ; 29. Nursing Support ; 30. Palliative and Spiritual Care of Persons with HIV and AIDS ; 31. Special Settings: Psychiatric Facilities, Nursing Homes, Correctional Facilities, and Homeless Outreach ; 32. Psychopharmacologic Treatment Issues in AIDS Psychiatry ; PART IX. AIDS PSYCHIATRY AND COMORBID MEDICAL CONDITIONS ; 33. Hepatitis C and HIV Coinfection ; 34. HIV-Associated Nephropathy, End-Stage Renal Disease, Dialysis, and Kidney Transplant ; 35. Endocrine Comorbidities in Persons with HIV ; 36. Lipodystrophy, Metabolic Disorders, and Cardiovascular Disorders in Persons with HIV ; 37. Overview of HIV-Associated Comorbidities ; PART X. ETHICAL AND HEALTH POLICY ASPECTS OF AIDS PSYCHIATRY ; 38. Burnout, Occupational Hazards, and Healthcare Workers with HIV ; 39. End-of Life Issues ; 40. Ethical Issues, Advance Directives, and Surrogate Decision-Making ; 41. Health Services and Policy Issues in AIDS Psychiatry