Seth Kalichman

Seth C. Kalichman is a clinical community psychologist and professor of social psychology at the University of Connecticut, who researches HIV/AIDS prevention and care.

Seth Kalichman
Occupation	Professor
Known for	Sexual Compulsivity Scale
Academic background
Influences	Nicoli Nattrass
Academic work
Era	21st century
Discipline	Social psychology
Sub-discipline	Community psychologist
Institutions	University of Connecticut
Main interests	HIV/AIDS
Notable works	Denying AIDS: Conspiracy Theories, Pseudoscience, and Human Tragedy

Kalichman is the director of the Southeast HIV/AIDS Research & Education Project in Atlanta, Georgia and Cape Town, South Africa; the editor of the journal AIDS and Behavior; and the author of Denying AIDS: Conspiracy Theories, Pseudoscience, and Human Tragedy, an examination of HIV/AIDS denialism.[1][2][3][4] Royalties from the book fund antiretroviral drugs for people with HIV/AIDS in Africa.[3]

Kalichman spent a year infiltrating HIV denialist groups. He argues that denialism is often a coping strategy, and that followers are often anti-government, anti-establishment, and prone to cognitive distortions; he says that leaders in denialism exhibit paranoid personality disorder.[3][5] He began researching denialism after reading the work of Nicoli Nattrass.[3]

He is the developer of the Sexual Compulsivity Scale.[6]

Works

• 2018 Pseudoscience: The Conspiracy Against Science "HIV Does Not Cause AIDS': A Journey into AIDS Denialism":MIT Press: edited by Allison B. Kaufman, James C. Kaufman: ISBN 9780262037426[7]

References

1. Lemelle, Anthony (September 2009). "Seth Kalichman, Denying AIDS: Conspiracy Theories, Pseudoscience, and Human Tragedy". Journal of African American Studies. Springer New York. 13 (3): 361–364. doi:10.1007/s12111-009-9098-1. ISSN 1936-4741.
2. Moore, John P. (14 May 2009). "The dangers of denying HIV". Nature. 459 (7244): 168. Bibcode:2009Natur.459..168M. doi:10.1038/459168a.
3. Wortman, James (3 August 2009). "Debunking the "Beehive" of AIDS Denialism". POZ. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
4. Palmquist, Matt (3 November 2009). "Looking Back In Anger". Miller-McCune. Archived from the original on 6 November 2009. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
5. MacKenzie, Deborah (19 May 2010). "Living in denial: Why sensible people reject the truth". New Scientist. Retrieved 17 July 2010.
6. Seth C. Kalichman; David Rompa. "The Sexual Compulsivity Scale:Further Development and Use With HIV-Positive Persons". Archived 24 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
7. Bigliardi, Stefano (2019). "The Advocates of Pseudoscience Are Not Monsters - but Pseudoscience Is". Skeptical Inquirer. Center for Inquiry. 43 (6): 58–59.

External links

• University of Connecticut, faculty
• Kalichman's 'Denying AIDS' blog
• Interview with Kalichman on Little Atoms
• Seth Kalichman publications indexed by Google Scholar