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Social Support

Cause or Consequence of Poor Health Outcomes in Men with HIV Infection?

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A substantial literature argues that people who have smaller social networks experience increased risk of death and other negative health outcomes. Early sociological research, for instance, found a link between social support and suicide risk (Durkheim, 1951). Since that early observation, researchers have probed the link between social support and health in a variety of ways. The literature, on the relationship between social support and a variety of different causes of death has evolved over a course of 20 years (Berkman, 1995). However, the literature on social support and health outcome leaves many questions unanswered. For example, most studies relating social support to mortality outcomes define social support in terms of network size. Current definitions of social support include qualitative (emotional), quantitative (adequacy), as well as measures of social network size.

The San Diego HIV Neurobehavioral Research Center (HNRC) group is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego; the Naval Hospital, San Diego, and the San Diego VA Medical Center, and includes Igor Grant, M.D., Director; J. Hampton Atkinson, M.D., Codirector; Robert A Velin, Ph.D., Center Manager; Edward C. Oldfield III, M.D., James L. Chandler, M.D., Mark R. Wallace, M.D., and Joseph Malone, M.D., Coinvestigators Naval Hospital San Diego; J. Allen McCutchan, M.D., P.I. Medical Core; Stephen A. Spector, M.D., P.I. Virology Core; Leon Thal, M.D., P.I. Neurology Core; Robert K. Heaton, Ph.D., P.I. Neuropsychology Core; John Hesselink, M.D. and Terry Jernigan, Ph.D., Co-P.I.s Imaging Core; J. Hampton Atkinson, M.D., P.I. Psychiatry Core; Clayton A. Wiley, M.D., Ph.D., P.I. Neuropathology Core; Richard Olshen, Ph.D. and Ian Abramson, Ph.D., Co-P.I.s Biostatistics Core; Nelson Butters, Ph.D., P.I. Memory Project; Renée Dupont, M.D., P.I. SPECT Project; Dilip Jeste, M.D., P.I. Psychosis Project; Hans Sieburg, Ph.D., P.I. Dynamical Systems Project; and James D. Weinrich, Ph.D., P.I. Sexology Project.

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  1. Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, 92093-0622, USA

    Robert M. Kaplan

  2. Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, 92092-0622, USA

    Thomas L. Patterson & Igor Grant

  3. SDSU/UCSD Joiny Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, 92092-0622, USA

    David Kerner

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Kaplan, R.M., Patterson, T.L., Kerner, D., Grant, I., HIV Neurobehavioral Research Center. (1997). Social Support. In: Pierce, G.R., Lakey, B., Sarason, I.G., Sarason, B.R. (eds) Sourcebook of Social Support and Personality. The Springer Series in Social/Clinical Psychology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1843-7_13

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