A new study has drawn a direct link between the amount of stigma men with HIV report experiencing and their scores on cognitive tests, measuring abilities such as memory and attention.
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- 29 November 2018
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Eurekalert Inf Dis
In the high-prevalence countries of southern Africa, young women under 25 bear the brunt of the epidemic, with continued high rates of HIV infection. So
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- 05 November 2018
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- Gus Cairns
HIV clinicians need to be aware that mental health affects every stage of HIV diagnosis and treatment, and manage issues just as they would any other comorbid condition, experts said here.
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- 01 November 2018
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Medpage Today
Pain is very
common among people living with HIV (PLWH) and has a major impact on quality of
life and use of healthcare resources, investigators from the
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- 17 October 2018
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- Michael Carter
A randomised control trial published in The Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndromes by researchers in Boston found that an integrated cognitive-behavioural
treatment approach aiming to target
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- 17 October 2018
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- Krishen Samuel
An online
self-help intervention is effective in the treatment of mild to moderate depressive
symptoms in people with HIV, according to a randomised clinical trial conducted
in the
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- 16 October 2018
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- Alain Volny-Anne
A meta-analysis and literature review, published in Pain, found moderate evidence supporting an association between pain outcomes in people with HIV and several psychosocial factors, such as depression, psychologic distress, post-traumatic stress, drug abuse, sleep disturbance, reduced antiretroviral therapy adherence, healthcare use, missed HIV clinic visits, unemployment, and protective psychologic factors.
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- 26 September 2018
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Infectious Disease Advisor
Loneliness in older HIV-positive adults is associated with reduced
cognitive function as well as poorer mental and physical health, according to
Canadian research presented to the recent
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- 25 September 2018
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- Michael Carter
Pharmacy TimesPatients With HIV Who Develop Depression Are Unlikely to Seek TreatmentPharmacy TimesThe study, published in JAMA Psychiatry, examined the association between the length of time a patient remains depressed and care outcomes among 5927 HIV-positive adult patients. Participants took multiple depressive severity assessments that were ...
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- 10 August 2018
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Pharmacy Times
Treatment with the antiretroviral drug efavirenz did not increase the risk of depressive symptoms or suicidal thoughts in adults living with HIV in Uganda when
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- 29 June 2018
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- Keith Alcorn
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