HIV and Mental Health Care
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This Week in HIV Research: The Clinical Impacts of Stigma
July 25, 2019: Challenges in viral suppression for young, black women; stigma's impact on women's health; generalized anxiety disorder screening needed; how depression harms the brain.
Social Work and HIV: Exploring Grief in the Newly Diagnosed Client
What medical providers should know about the mental health of their patients.
This Week in HIV Research: The Racism of Perceived Risk
June 6, 2019: HIV/STI risk perceptions differ by race; psychosocial issues and HIV risk among young trans women; switching to dolutegravir/atazanavir; reports of severe hepatotoxicity on dolutegravir.
This Week in HIV Research: Disparities Drive the Epidemic
April 25, 2019: stigma and viral load among African-American women; U.S. HIV incidence sans racial disparities; the care continuum is failing young MSM; a moment of reckoning regarding HIV among U.S. youth.
Depression Linked to Cognitive Dysfunction in HIV-Positive Women
More research is needed to understand the connections between HIV, mental health, and the neurocircuitry that controls executive function.
This Week in HIV Research: The Clinical Impacts of HIV Stigma
Internalized HIV stigma, depression, and adherence in women; what “internalized HIV stigma” actually means; tenofovir-containing gel and genital herpes prevention; the neurocognitive effects of cerebrospinal HIV escape.
This Week in HIV Research: Renal Upsides for Tenofovir Alafenamide
E/C/F/TAF viability for dialysis patients; TAF safety following renal damage; mental health needs for American Indians; parenting desires of people with HIV.
This Week in HIV Research: Damming the Cascade of Unmet Needs
Unmet subsistence needs and clinical outcomes; finding HIV treatment success alongside quality-of-life issues; the potential value of facility-level HIV care continuum data; stimulant use and viral suppression.
This Week in HIV Research: This Is Your Brain on Stigma
The impact of stigma on cognitive performance; risk factor dissonance among young black MSM; pregnancy and the HIV care continuum; new data on pediatric raltegravir use.
Loneliness, Depression, Financial Problems, and Comorbidities Top List of Issues Faced by Older Adults Living With HIV in New Report
Comorbidities, mental health issues, loneliness, and financial problems are the biggest issues faced by older people living with HIV, the San Francisco portion of a new report issued by the ACRIA Center on HIV and Aging at GMHC showed.