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Journal of Pediatric Psychology, Vol. 26, No. 6, 2001, pp. 359-361
© 2001 Society of Pediatric Psychology

Special Section: Children with HIV/AIDS and Their Families

Commentary: Coping Over the Long Haul: Understanding and Supporting Children and Families Affected by HIV Disease

Sandra Y. Lewis, PsyD

Montclair State University, Francois Xavier Bagnoud Center for Children and National Pediatric and Family HIV Resource Center, University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ-Newark

All correspondence should be sent to Sandra Lewis, Montclair State University, Department of Psychology, One Normal Avenue, Upper Montclair, New Jersey 07043. E-mail: lewissy@mail.montclair.edu .


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In the video, What's Best for You: Families Living With HIV Talk About Disclosure (1994), a 6-year-old boy living with HIV asks the question: "I just want to know, can this stuff go away?" As we approach the third decade of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, we still face the reality that HIV does not go away. However, we have learned that it is a chronic, treatable illness. Advances in medical care have demonstrated that the virus can be reduced to undetectable levels and disease progression can be significantly slowed. Thus, people with HIV are living much longer and healthier lives. The children we once thought would not live beyond age 7 are now living into their teenage years and beyond. I personally have the privilege of knowing children with perinatally acquired HIV infection who are now in their early twenties. . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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