Psychological distress among Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome patients and their spouse: A stage-wise and gender-wise analysis

Pages: 161-166
Bijender Singh Alahawat (Department of Psychology, M.D. University, Rohtak, Haryana India)

A good news for the World that in 2011 there were more than 500,000 fewer deaths to human immunodeficiency virus-acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV-AIDS) than there were in 2005, and further, the number of AIDS-related deaths will be declined by nearly one-third during that time across the globe. Yet the HIV-AIDS disease is a serious challenge worldwide including India. In this light, through the study, the researcher analysis the psychological distress (PD) in HIV-AIDS patients in 1st and 2nd stage along with gender and also examine the PD in spouses of cancer patients in 1st and 2nd stage along with gender.