Impact of cognitive behavioral strategies in patients with HIV

Abstract

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy has proven to be effective in different contexts that involve people’s mental health; such is the case in suffering from the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) disease, where the person can be affected in their emotions from emotional dysregulation and/or dysfunctional behaviors. This is a clinical case study that aimed to intervene with cognitive and behavioral strategies in a patient from the Ismael Cosío Villegas National Institute of Respiratory Diseases (INER) in Mexico City, with HIV and depressive and anxious symptoms during the coronavirus pandemic. Covid-19, based on a four-session follow-up proposal. The results corroborate the efficacy of this type of therapy in reducing symptoms of anxiety and depression.