Journal article
House Calls: A Support Group for Individuals with AIDS in a Community Residential Setting
International journal of group psychotherapy, Vol.44(2), pp.133-152
04/01/1994
DOI: 10.1080/00207284.1994.11490739
PMID: 8005715
Abstract
The author describes a support group led by two psychiatrists for individuals with AIDS set in the participants' residence, the AIDS Community Residence Association (ACRA) House. Similar to other AIDS groups described in the literature, the residents spoke of existential fears such as losing their physical beauty or intellect. In contrast to the intimate and familial atmosphere of many other AIDS groups, the members' strong sense of invasion by the facilitators and their ongoing ambivalence were striking. This reaction toward the group and the co-leaders appeared to be metaphorically related to the "invasion" of illness and health care workers into their lives. As members better tolerated and expressed these thoughts and feelings, a greater intimacy and sense of "family" emerged.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- House Calls: A Support Group for Individuals with AIDS in a Community Residential Setting
- Creators
- Peter T Daniolos - Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, The Cambridge Hospital, Harvard Medical School
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- International journal of group psychotherapy, Vol.44(2), pp.133-152
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- DOI
- 10.1080/00207284.1994.11490739
- PMID
- 8005715
- ISSN
- 0020-7284
- eISSN
- 1943-2836
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/01/1994
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry
- Record Identifier
- 9984083996002771
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