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Filtering by: Creator Ferla, Matteo P. Subject AIDS (Disease) -- Patients -- Public opinion

An assessment of attitudes of mental health counselors toward persons with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Creator:

Christenson, Terri Jo

Abstract:

This study investigated the attitudes of mental health counselors toward persons with Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Three hundred and fifty-eight members of the American Mental Health Counselors Association were mailed a survey packet including an Attitude Towards AIDS Victims scale and an additional two questions assessing comfort with clients with...

Resource Type:

Dissertation

Full Text:

Introduction 1 Overview of AIDS 1 Definition and Transmission 3 The Prognosis 5 The Stigma 5 P