EMOTIONAL IMPACT AND INMUNOLOGICAL CHANGES IN THE DIAGNOSTIC NOTIFICATION OF SEROPOSITIVITY

Authors

  • Tomás De Flores
Keywords: HIV serostatus notification, immunological changes, stress, adaptive response, emotional factors, anxiety, depression, prison inmates

Abstract

The aim of this study is examine the adaptive response profile during a period of acute stress as a function of anticipation and reaction to positive HIV serostatus notification in prison inmates, according to the degree of relationship between immunomodulator phenomenon (deterioration of T lymphocytary response versus P.H.A.) and psychological and psychopathological variables. Subjects suffering of a psychiatric disease and those with the highest emotional reactivity showed an altered T-lymphocitary response at the beginning of the diagnostic report, followed by a slow and progressive recovery. The most sensitive measure of the influence of the emotional factors is the T lymphocytary response when stimulated by a marker of the cellular immunity. Anxiety and depression feelings follow a similar pattern. Altogether, emotional and immunological reactions follow a U curve.

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Author Biography

Tomás De Flores

Universidad de Barcelona
How to Cite
De Flores, T. EMOTIONAL IMPACT AND INMUNOLOGICAL CHANGES IN THE DIAGNOSTIC NOTIFICATION OF SEROPOSITIVITY. Anales de Psicología / Annals of Psychology, 10(2), 135–144. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/analesps/article/view/29571
Issue
Vol. 10 No. 2 (1994)
Section
Monographic Theme: Emotion and Health: Developments in Basic and Applied Psychol

 

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