HIV Multiple Bereavement Syndrome
HIV/AIDS and Multiple Bereavement: Is the psychological impact of multiple loss intensified by social factors?“The advent of AIDS has created a new population of people who suffer multiple bereavements as well as threats to their own lives.” (Murray-Parkes, 1998, p. xii) The populations most affected by HIV/AIDS live in two geographical locations: the USA and Africa (WHO, 1998) . In 1997 four million people in the Sub-Saharan Africa were newly reported as having seropositive status (WHO, 1998). In North America this figure was 44 thousand (WHO, 1998). Seropositive rates among Gay men in New York City are reported at 36 to 67% (Dean L, 1995). Infection rates amongst young, urban males in Uganda range from 20 to 30% (Seeley & Kajura, 1995). With these high figures and similar infection rates among males in mind, this essay will discuss the relationship between social factors and the psychological impact of multiple loss in an international context. The evidence I have considered principally comes from Uganda and the USA which will allow me to evaluate the commonality of experience and the usefulness of theories on multiple loss in differing cultural and economic situations.
The influence and strength of these mediators would affect the length of this forced to postponement. The first stage of this process is characterised by shock and denial (Cherney & Verney, 1996). They believe that habituation might reflect a state of protracted grief rather than a tolerance of death. At this stage the HIV positive person will often ‘be abandoned on disclosure of the diagnosis (Peterson, 1995). This is unexpected since younger individuals are expected to show a higher intensity of reaction to grief (Sherr L, 1995). Cho and Cassidy (1994) describe a model based on the psychosocial tasks of grieving. The issues Strong (1990) raises on the issue of the psycho-social response to epidemics raises real issues for those involved in health promotion and health education. ‘Social stigma remains a serious burden for HIV-positive persons and their families studied in Uganda. Cho & Cassidy (1994) found that those affected by HIV/AIDS showed common characteristics: Chronic Bereavement and Truant Grief, i. Cherney & Verney (1996) also found that there was no correlation between age and intensity of grief. The sheer number of deaths could mean that no work would get done at all, threatening the economic viability of the village. These studies should not be restricted to bio-chemical interactions. This hardship can frustrate tradition. Once the PLA acknowledges their seropositive status, they feel depression, guilt, and fear (Cho & Cassidy, 1994).
Common topics in this essay:
Cherney Verney,
Cho Cassidy,
Sosnowitz Kovacs,
Seeley Kajura,
Response System,
Truant Grief,
Kajura EB,
Multiple Bereavement,
Uganda USA,
York City,
cho cassidy,
cho cassidy 1994,
cherney verney,
cassidy 1994,
verney 1996,
cherney verney 1996,
seeley kajura,
multiple loss,
seeley kajura 1995,
kajura 1995,
lupton 1999,
sosnowitz kovacs 1992,
sosnowitz kovacs,
kovacs 1992,
cassidy 1994 cherney,
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