Adherence to antiretroviral therapy, management of depression in HIV/AIDS patients

Sarah Anwar, MDLinx

American Psychiatric Association 2018 Annual Meeting

New York, New York, United States | May 05-09, 2018

New York, NY, May 11, 2018—Helping patients diagnosed with HIV/AIDS manage their depression can also promote better adherence to antiretroviral therapy, according to Jordi Blanch, MD, PhD, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu, Unversitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, here at the American Psychiatric Association 2018 Annual Meeting.

“The promise that depression and many psychotic disorders are underdiagnosed in HIV clinics because some HIV physicians do not know how to manage and how to diagnose depression or substance use disorders in their patients,” he said.

Psychotherapy is the first-line option in these patients, and again, many HIV physicians do not know how to give psychotherapy, concluded Dr. Blanch.

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