TY - JOUR AU - Charles, Bimal AU - Jeyaseelan, Lakshmanan AU - Pandian, Arvind Kumar AU - Sam, Asirvatham Edwin AU - Thenmozhi, Mani AU - Jayaseelan, Visalakshi PY - 2012 DA - 2012/06/21 TI - Association between stigma, depression and quality of life of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) in South India – a community based cross sectional study JO - BMC Public Health SP - 463 VL - 12 IS - 1 AB - India has around 2.27 million adults living with HIV/AIDS who face several challenges in the medical management of their disease. Stigma, discrimination and psychosocial issues are prevalent. The objective of the study was to determine the prevalence of severe stigma and to study the association between this, depression and the quality of life (QOL) of people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) in Tamil Nadu. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-463 DO - 10.1186/1471-2458-12-463 ID - Charles2012 ER -