Category Archives: Psychiatric disorders

Background Transgender women and transfeminine people face a disproportionate burden of mental health conditions driven by stigma, discrimination, and structural inequities, with additional psychosocial challenges related to HIV diagnosis and...

Background: Sex workers worldwide experience different forms of violence and stigma that increase the risk of adverse health outcomes. It is assumed that a discriminatory, criminalizing context as well as intersectional...

INTRODUCTION: People living with HIV (PLWH) may be exposed to harmful political, social, economic and environmental factors that exacerbate their risk of mental health conditions. Such factors can interact synergistically...

Background Cisgender women are disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS due to structural gender inequalities and intersecting social determinants, which generate vulnerability contexts that act as barriers to treatment adherence. Methods A...

BACKGROUND: Women living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) experience significant psychological burdens due to biological and gendered factors such as pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding. However, a life course-based understanding of...

INTRODUCTION: Despite decades of HIV prevention efforts, key populations – MSM, transgender people, PWUD, sex workers, and migrants – remain disproportionately affected by HIV. Although prevention tools are widely available,...

Adolescents living with HIV are at an increased risk of experiencing mental health challenges, impacting their overall well-being and treatment adherence. Evidence-based interventions are crucial to addressing these issues; however,...

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and mental health have complex, bidirectional impacts. Integrated service delivery, especially in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) where resources are most limited and the burden of...

Objective Adolescents and young adults (AYA) with HIV are a population at high risk of experiencing mental issues and sleep disorder. We aim to summarise the global prevalence and risks...

OBJECTIVES: This scoping review aims to synthesize existing evidence on mental health (MH) interventions for people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in Africa. Given the high prevalence of MH disorders in...

Global guidance indicates that protections for gender and equity issues, such as gender-based violence (GBV), should be mainstreamed across sectors. One novel strategy that can be leveraged to illustrate the...

PURPOSE: Despite increased prevalence of sexual and reproductive health problems among people with severe mental illness (SMI), uptake of sexual and reproductive healthcare in this group is poor. The reasons...