HIV Status Disclosure in the Workplace: Positive and Stigmatizing Experiences of Health Care Workers Living with HIV.

We explored workplace experiences of 10 health care providers with HIV in the Netherlands. We used semi-structured interviews to discuss motivations for disclosure and concealment, reactions to disclosures, the impact of reactions, and coping with negative reactions. Reasons for disclosure were wanting to share the secret, expecting positive responses, observing positive reactions to others, wanting to prevent negative reactions, and being advised to disclose.

Disclosure of HIV Status to Health Care Providers in the Netherlands: A Qualitative Study.

We qualitatively investigated perspectives on HIV disclosure to health care providers (HCP) by people living with HIV (PLWH). Perspectives varied across PLWH and between PLWH and HCP. Some PLWH felt they should always disclose so that HCP could take necessary precautions or because disclosure optimized care.

Patient and provider perspectives on HIV and HIV-related stigma in Dutch health care settings.

Ensuring that people living with HIV (PLWH) feel accepted in health care settings is imperative. This mixed methods study explored the perspectives of PLWH and health professionals on their interactions. A total of 262 predominantly gay men of Dutch origin participated in a survey study of possible negative interactions with health professionals, and semi-structured interviews were subsequently conducted with 22 PLWH and 14 health professionals.

Independent component approach to the analysis of EEG recordings at early stages of depressive disorders.

Objective: A modern approach for blind source separation of electrical activity represented by Independent Components Analysis (ICA) was used for QEEG analysis in depression.

Methods: The spectral characteristics of the resting EEG in 111 adults in the early stages of depression and 526 non-depressed subjects were compared between groups of patients and healthy controls using a combination of ICA and sLORETA methods.

Results: Comparison of the power of independent components in depressed patients and healthy controls have revealed significant differences between groups for three frequency bands: theta (4-7.

EEG power spectra at early stages of depressive disorders.

In previous quantitative EEG studies of depression, mostly patients with a lifetime history of depressive disorders were reported. This study examined quantitative EEG parameters obtained in the early stages of depression in comparison with age-matched healthy controls. EEG was recorded using two different montages in eyes closed and eyes open resting states.