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HIV/AIDS and Mental Health

Friday's Progress Notes - July 19, 2006
Mental Health Information - Vol. 10 Issue 6
Published by athealth.com - http://www.athealth.com

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CONTENTS

1. Mental health care for people with HIV infection
2. HIV positive women, adolescents, and children
3. HIV prevention handbook
4. Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with HIV/AIDS
5. Counseling end stage clients with AIDS
6. HIV treatment patient brochure


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According to their Web site, the National HIV Telephone Consultation Service (Warmline) offers physicians and other health care providers up-to-the-minute HIV clinical information, and individualized expert case consultation across a broad range of clinical HIV/AIDS problems. The Warmline is staffed by clinicians experienced in HIV care who can help you provide the best possible care to your HIV-positive patients. http://www.ucsf.edu/hivcntr/Hotlines/Warmline.html

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John L. Miller, MD


1. NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AIDS INSTITUTE
Mental Health Care for People With HIV Infection: HIV Clinical Guidelines for the Primary Care Practitioner
These guidelines focus on the care of people with mental illness and HIV who are already engaged in HIV clinical care.
http://www.hivguidelines.org/GuideLine.aspx?GuideLineID=40

2. THE SOURCE
Mental Health Challenges in HIV Positive Women, Adolescents, and Children
The article provides an overview of psychological and psychosocial issues. The publication includes additional articles on grief, HIV infected youth, and case management.
http://aia.berkeley.edu/media/pdf/source_vol11_no2.pdf

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3. VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
HIV Prevention Handbook: A Guide for Clinicians
The handbook provides basic information, tools, and strategies to guide discussions with patients on the prevention of HIV/AIDS. (May be slow to load.)


4. AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION
Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With HIV/AIDS
This guideline assists health care providers in caring for patients with HIV/AIDS.
http://www.psych.org/Resources/OfficeofHIVPsychiatry/Resources

5. AIDS/SIDA MENTAL HYGIENE PROJECT
Counseling End Stage Clients With AIDS
Few mental health or health care professionals receive specific training in counseling people who are at the end of their lives.
http://www.thebody.com/shernoff/article11.html

6. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES/AIDSINFO
HIV and Its Treatment: What You Should Know
This brochure is intended for use by people recently diagnosed with HIV infection or those who are considering starting HIV treatment.
http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/ContentFiles/HIVandItsTreatment_cbrochure_en.pdf


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