Impacto en la salud mental del reciente diagnóstico y tratamiento farmacológico de personas con VIH +

Abstract

This research was carried out through the compilation of different studies and doctoral theses, which are based on how the HIV virus directly affects the mental health of people who suffer from it, initiating this deterioration since it was known diagnosis, since the levels of affectation do not depend on race, gender, culture, age or the time the virus has been in the body.

This investigation is focused on the importance of adequate psychological accompaniment from the first diagnosis of the person, since many of them do not count with sufficient psychological tools and defense mechanisms to be able to face it in an appropriate way, leading them to depressive, anxious and even suicidal thoughts, since HIV is mistakenly associated with death, however with proper psyche education we can realize that they are misconceptions of a society in which to talk about sexually transmitted diseases and especially HIV is still considered a taboo, being the most stigmatized in recent decades.