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Professor Jeff Parsons Interviewed for Article in the APA Monitor

Professor Jeffrey Parsons, Director of CHEST and a Distinguished Professor in the Psychology Department, was quoted in a recent article on a potential breakthrough HIV medication, published in the American Psychological Association's journal Monitor. The article discussed the potential effectiveness of a prophylactic drug, Truvada, in reducing the number of HIV infections, and the possible stigma associated with taking it.  Parsons, responding to this, said that taking a positive tack during therapy may alleviate some of the guilt and anxiety that has accompanied sex for so long among high-risk populations. "I would say, ‘Think of the ways taking this medication can improve your health and your sexual life.' We need to get pleasure back into the discourse. It's what resonates with people, particularly with a younger generation coming into a very different kind of HIV world," he says.

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