Author:
Musisi Seggane,Nakasujja Noeline
Abstract
Psychiatric problems associated with HIV/AIDS are many, varied and often bidirectional and they are often neglected. Their presence compromises HIV care and prevention efforts. Unaddressed, they compromise treatment outcomes, increase HIV virus–resistant strains, leave pockets of potential HIV spread in the community and lead to poor quality of life and early death of Persons Living With HIV/AIDS. This chapter focuses on specific HIV-associated mental disorders and their management. However, the mental health problems of HIV/AIDS go beyond disorders to include social, family and community problems such as the problems faced by AIDS orphans, widowhood, family disruptions, multiple deaths, bereavements, poverty, stigma, caregiver burden, education and occupational difficulties etc. All these need to be addressed in holistic HIV care. This calls for more research and integration of mental healthcare in all HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention programs.
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