Intervention for (Those) Recently Informed of Seropositive Status (IRISS)

The study is a randomized controlled trial of a 5-session positive affect skills
intervention compared to an attention-matched control condition. Participants will be 200
men and women who have tested positive for HIV within the past 12 weeks. Both intervention
and control sessions will be approximately one hour long and will be administered one-on-one
by trained facilitators. Both groups will have daily home practice over the 5 weeks of the
intervention. At the end of the assessment period, participants in the control condition
will have the opportunity to attend a ½ day group session that provides a condensed version
of the positive affect skills taught in the intervention condition. Participants will
complete assessments at four points and CD4 and viral load assays will be run at 3 time
points.

Inclusion Criteria:

- have been informed they were HIV positive within the past 12 weeks

- speak English or Spanish

- be 18 years or older

- have the ability to provide informed consent to be a research participant.

Exclusion Criteria:

- inability to provide informed consent, as evidenced by cognitive impairment as
assessed by trained interviewers and confirmed by a licensed clinical psychologist

- active psychosis as assessed by trained interviewers and confirmed by clinical
psychologist