La importancia de la psicología de la salud y el papel del psicólogo en la adherencia al tratamiento de pacientes infectados con VIH

Abstract

This article has the main purpose to highlight the importance of the spychology of health as well as the role of the psychologist of health, as a required professional in the support to generate programs of evaluation and participation in the therapeutic adherence of patients infected with HIV. This is due to the lack of adherence which is widely linked to psychological factors which affect the lack of accomplishmentof the antiretroviral treatments and, as a consequence, there is an increase of the resistance of medicaments, the opportunist infections in patients may take place as well as the frequent visits to the hospital, which leads into terrible consequences which directly affect the health quality life of patients with HIV.