Psychosocial factors (emotional distress, stress, health locus of control, and social support)
and genital herpes activity (episode frequency, severity, and duration) were assessed for 46 …

The relationship among stress, coping style, emotional dysfunction, social support, and
severity of symptoms (frequency of recurrence, and pain, and bother of recurrences) was …

Clinical features of genital herpes, perceived causes, stress symptoms, treatments, and
psychosocial factors in 70 young adults as compared to normative data for non‐patient …

Genital herpes leads to considerable distress in many patients at the time of diagnosis. Most
people with recurrences adapt psychologically over time, but some fail to do so, and show …

Understanding the psychosocial aspects of genital herpes will enable community health
nurses to be aware of the range of responses by young adults to the disease and of …

Genital herpes is a common, chronic, recurrent, viral sexually transmitted infection (STI)
occurring worldwide. The first episode may be severe and prolonged, but most recurrences …

In a group of patients with severe recurrent genital herpes infection, we measured symptoms
(pain and itching), psychological factors (depression, anxiety, somatisation, interpersonal …

Psychological testing was conducted on 4 gynecologic patient groups, categorized as
follows:(1) 20 patients with recurrent genital herpes,(2) 16 patients with primary genital …

OBJECTIVES--To assess the psychological impact of first episode of genital herpes, and to
determine whether this changes over time. SETTING AND SUBJECTS--The Departments of …

Clinicians are increasingly faced with the task of counseling herpes genitalis patients.
Excessive and exaggerated media coverage has caused a heightened emotional response …