Effectiveness of Psychoeducational Interventions in Reducing Emotional Distress After Human Immunodeficiency Virus Antibody Testing

Interventions to reduce distress after testing for HIV were analyzed. Subjects were randomly either given counselling, counselling & a 3-session video program, or counselling & 6 sessions on stress prevention. Subjects were test for distress at entry & 3 months later. For the HIV-negative subjects, distress decreased after all 3 interventions. For HIV-positive subjects, distress decreased after the stress prevention training & did not increase in the other 2 interventions. (VM)