The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York 10029, USA.
Soc Work Health Care. 2009;48(8):777-97. doi: 10.1080/00981380903018207.
Perinatally infected HIV+ adolescents are confronted with unique psychosocial challenges as they navigate sexual behaviors and pregnancies. How their health and the nature of their chronic illness affect the normal developmental challenges of adolescence is explored through case vignettes taken from social workers' clinical practice at an East Harlem Medical Center. The successes and difficulties faced by both the patient and the practitioner are illustrated.
围产期感染 HIV 的青少年在面对性行为和怀孕时,会面临独特的心理社会挑战。通过从东哈莱姆医疗中心社会工作者临床实践中选取的案例片段,探讨了他们的健康状况和慢性病性质如何影响青春期的正常发展挑战。同时还说明了患者和从业者所面临的成功和困难。