Mental Health Challenges: Dialogues on Optimizing Engagement in HIV Care

In this podcast episode, Mark Brennan-Ing, PhD, and Nina I. Martinez discuss mental health challenges in people living with HIV and much-needed strategies to overcome these challenges to optimize engagement in HIV care, including:The increased rates of mental health disorders and substance use among people living with HIVHow mental health disorders contribute to challenges with adherence to HIV treatment and engagement in careHow social isolation and stigma can affect outcomes despite access to HIV care and ARTThe importance of mental health screenings as part of HIV careIntegrating mental health services into HIV care as a strategy to overcome mental health challenges being a barrier to carePresenter:Mark Brennan-Ing, PhDDirector of Research and EvaluationBrookdale Center for Healthy AgingHunter CollegeThe City University of New YorkNew York, New YorkNina I. MartinezPublic Health ConsultantLink to full program: https://bit.ly/3TqVnl1 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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