Stress Management

In the US, studies have shown that women living with HIV are five times more likely to have posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and two times more likely to have survived domestic violence [3] than women in the general population who are not living with HIV. In addition, women living with HIV who experienced recent trauma were four times more likely to stop adhering [4] to their HIV drug regimens and to have higher viral loads [5] than women living with HIV who did not experience trauma.