Glossary

Anhedonia: The inability to gain pleasure from normaly pleasurable experiences.

ASOs: AIDS Service Organization.

CD4: Another name for a "helper" T-cell.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT): A process where the individual uses awareness of their behaviour to produce change.

CSWs: Community Support Worker.

Interpersonal Therapy (IPT): A short-term psychotherapy that focuses on improving interpersonal relationships and communication skills.

Pathologizing: To view or characterize as medically or psychologically abnormal.

Pharmacotherapy: The treatment of disease with medicine.

PHAs: People Living with HIV/AIDS.

Psychoeducation: The education of a person in subject areas that serve the goals of treatment and rehabilitation.

Psychometrists: A person who has received training in psychology or a related field with an emphasis on tests and measurements.

Psychosocial: Looking at the emotional and environmental aspects of a problem.

Psychotherapy: A process in which a patient talks with a psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker or licensed counselor about a mental health condition. The treatment of mental and emotional disorders using psychological methods, such as counseling.

Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs): Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and tricyclic antidepressants are different classes of antidepressants used mainly to treat clinical depression.

Stigma: Defined in the dictionary as "a mark of shame or discredit". Stigma exists when a person is distinguished by differences and "identified by a label that sets them apart and links them to undesirable stereotypes that result in unfair treatment and discrimination."

Tricyclic Antidepressants (TCAs) : Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and tricyclic antidepressants are different classes of antidepressants used mainly to treat clinical depression.