Teenagers, HIV, and AIDS; insights from youths living with the virus

SciTech Book News, Dec, 2006

Teenagers, HIV, and AIDS; insights from youths living with the virus.

Ed. by Maureen E. Lyon and Lawrence J. D'Angelo.

Praeger

2006

275 pages

$49.00

Hardcover

Sex, love, and psychology

RJ387

The editors note that it has been a quarter of a century since they first treated an HIV-infected youth. They also point out that the statistics are even worse than apparent because of the time lag between exposure and infection, so teens may not be diagnosed until they are in their 20s. Lyon and D'Angelo (professors of pediatrics, George Washington U., affiliated with the National Children's Medical Center) thus introduce 14 chapters contributed by US experts in the field. Information on disease transmission, course, and treatment is interspersed with adolescents' accounts of their experiences and related emotional and spiritual issues. One girl poignantly calls HIV her "ticket to freedom" from being repeatedly molested.

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