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This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder in HIV positive and HIV negative individuals. The sample consisted of two hundred participants (N =200), including two groups: hundred HIV positive individuals and hundred HIV negative individuals, including males and females ranging in ages between twenty to fifty years with educational background of primary, intermediate and above, from Peshawar and RawalpindiIslamabad. Convenient sampling methods were used. Participants were interviewed individually on Beck depression inventory and Clinician administered PTSD scale in addition with self-constructed structured interview to seek demographic information such as age, sex, educational qualification, and other required information. Overall analysis was completed on SPSS using mean, standard deviations and independent sample t-test. Results indicate significant differences among HIV positive and HIV negative individuals on the variable beck depression inventory (t=15.800, df=198, p
Ishrat Rizwan,, Dr.Erum Irshad. (2012) Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Depression among Patients Suffering from HIV/AIDS, The Dialogue, Volume 7, Issue 4.
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