Posttraumatic Stress Syndrome-like Symptoms among AIDS Caregivers
- 1 October 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 63 (2) , 656-658
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1988.63.2.656
Abstract
Interviews were conducted with 43 mothers of AIDS fatalities 2 or 3 years following their sons' deaths. Eighty-four percent of the mothers who devoted full-time care to their sons for substantial periods of time showed a cluster of symptoms normally associated with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Only 8% of those who did not engage in extended care experienced three or more of these symptoms.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Psychosocial research is essential to understanding and treating AIDS.American Psychologist, 1984