Mental health and substance use in HIV-infected adolescents
2018
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Adolescents with HIV include both those infected perinatally and behaviourally. This population is confronted by normative challenges and HIV stressors as they move towards becoming increasingly independent...
Associations between anxiety and adherence to antiretroviral medications in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis
2019
Untreated mental health disorders among people living with HIV (PLHIV) may prevent low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) from achieving the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets. Anxiety disorders may be associated with decreased...
Experiences of the HIV cascade of care among indigenous peoples: A systematic review
2019
Indigenous leaders remain concerned that systemic oppression and culturally unsafe care impede Indigenous peoples living with HIV from accessing health services that make up the HIV cascade of care. We...
Mindfulness-based intervention among people living with HIV/AIDS: A systematic review
2018
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Mental health issues and HIV/AIDS: HIV-specific screening and treatment tools for mood disorders
2009
Key take-home messages HIV-specific screening and treatment tools for substance abuse and mood disorders have not been developed. The following are primarily recommendations from experts in the HIV field. Physical...
Mindfulness-based therapy for people living with HIV
2012
Key take-home messages Findings from five systematic reviews evaluating mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs) — specifically mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) and mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) — have found beneficial effects on mental...
Common conditions and diseases in HIV-positive men who have sex with men
2014
Key take-home messages HIV-positive men who have sex with men who experience many physical health conditions at significantly higher rates than their peers who are HIV-negative and the general population,...
Behavioural emergencies among HIV-positive men who have sex with men
2014
Key take-home messages Behavioural emergencies are crises in which a person’s behaviour can become so out of control that he or she becomes a danger to others in their surroundings....
PTSD among people living with HIV/AIDS
2014
Key take-home messages A high proportion of men and women with HIV have experienced psychological trauma. Although there are no estimates of the prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in...
Transitioning from adolescent to adult care in HIV
2015
Key take-home messages A range of social, psychological, economic, structural and cultural factors affect adolescents’ ability to transition from pediatric HIV care to adult care. Compared to HIV-negative adolescents, adolescents...
Online mental health counselling interventions
2018
Key take-home messages There are no universal best practice recommendations for the provision of online counselling. Across various platforms, modalities, and populations, study results are varied and often inconclusive with...
Posttraumatic growth among people living with HIV: A systematic review
2018
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this systematic review was to analyse, synthesise and review existing results on posttraumatic growth (PTG) among PLWH. In particular, we investigated the relationship of PTG with...
