SOME PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF SOCIAL ADAPTATION OF HIV-INFECTED CHILDREN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
To date, HIV infection is of a planetary nature, and is rapidly spreading in the same way in the Russian Federation. The number of HIV-infected individuals in Russia has exceeded 1 million people, and this figure is steadily increasing every year. In connection with the increase in HIV-infected children, a number of social problems arise that require immediate solution. This article examines the main problems of social adaptation of HIV-infected children (low level of awareness of their HIV status, stigmatization and discrimination of HIV-infected, the difficulties of adapting to independent life when they reach adulthood, etc.), and possible ways of eliminating them. But it is not possible to solve all the psychological problems that HIV-infected children face, without eliminating, first of all, their stigmatization and discrimination by society.