Wellness and HIV: developing a model for progression from theoretical knowledge about psychosocial factors to...

Psychosocial factors and immunological markers have been associated not only with progression from HIV to AIDS and AIDS survival, but also with wellness. Not yet identified, and therefore not yet formalized into a system for clinical decision-making, are those individual differences that moderate both the impact of psychosocial factors and the potential benefit of interventions. Therefore the link between theoretical knowledge and application has not yet been established in a manner that would predict the outcome of recommended interventions. Presented here are background considerations to a combination of short-term and longitudinal studies which investigate these issues. The decision process devised here would be suitable for use with individuals with any physical disorder that has a psychosocial component.