mental health AIDS

Winter 2006 Newsletter / Volume 7, Issue 2

Resources

Books & Articles:

Bien, M.B. (2005). Art therapy as emotional and spiritual medicine for Native Americans living with HIV/AIDS. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 37(3), 281-292.

"This article describes the intricate challenges of bringing mental heath services to isolated, guarded urban HIV-positive Native Americans suffering from chronic trauma-related illnesses and imbalances, depression, anxiety, substance abuse, thought disorders and trauma-based characterological disorders. It explores the integration of art therapy, Bowen Family Systems Therapy and in-home therapy in the .... attempt to provide support to a population that has profound distrust for 'services and treatment,' and no historical context for psychotherapy. Changing the paradigm of thought is essential to providing services that respect culture and history as well as addressing current presenting issues" (p. 281).

Cournos, F., McKinnon, K., & Sullivan, G. (2005). Schizophrenia and comorbid human immunodeficiency virus or hepatitis C virus. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 66(Suppl. 6), 27-33.

"Patients with schizophrenia are at significantly increased risk for infection with ...HIV ..., hepatitis C virus, or both. Several factors underlie this increased risk, including substance abuse and high-risk sexual behavior. ... Comorbidity of schizophrenia and life-threatening viral illnesses incurs a worse prognosis for both conditions. Nevertheless, effective pharmacotherapy exists, and antipsychotics and highly active antiretroviral treatments for HIV can be used together successfully. The clinical challenge is to encourage adherence to treatment and to coordinate the clinical services needed to address the diverse psychiatric and medical problems that coexist in this population" (p. 27).

Joseph, J., Stoff, D.M., & van der Horst, C. (Eds.). (2005). HIV/hepatitis C virus co-infection: Basic, behavioral and clinical research in mental health and drug abuse. AIDS, 19(Suppl. 3), S1-S237.

"Within the past two decades, hepatitis C virus (HCV) has emerged as the second major viral epidemic after HIV. ... The assembled articles in this special issue ... [have been organized] into five sections. These include: (i) vulnerable populations; (ii) neurocognitive and neuropsychological studies relating to HIV/HCV co-infection; (iii) neurological and neuropsychiatric complications of HIV/HCV co-infection; (iv) virological studies relating to HCV infection of the central nervous system (CNS); and (v) treatment, treatment services and prevention" (p. S3).

Raines, C., Radcliffe, O., & Treisman, G.J. (2005). Neurologic and psychiatric complications of antiretroviral agents. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 16(5), 35-48.

This review highlights "the involvement of the CNS in HIV infection and in HAART regimens. It ... focuses on currently used drug combinations, their effectiveness in suppressing HIV infection in the blood and CNS, and their potential for causing neurologic, psychologic, and systemic complications" (p. 36).

Sacktor , N.C. , Wong, M., Nakasujja, N., Skolasky, R.L., Selnes, O.A., Musisi, S., Robertson, K., McArthur, J.C., Ronald, A., & Katabira, E. (2005). The International HIV Dementia Scale: A new rapid screening test for HIV dementia. AIDS, 19(13), 1367-1374.

The International HIV Dementia Scale "does not require knowledge of the English language, can be performed briefly in 2-3 min by non-neurologists in an outpatient setting, and requires no special instrumentation other than a watch with a second hand" (pp. 1371-1372). Individuals found to be at risk for HIV dementia through this screening test should be offered "[f]ull neuropsychological testing ... to confirm a diagnosis of HIV dementia" (p. 1367).

Sprouse, D.S., Ogletree, S.L., Comsudes, M.M., Granville, H.G., & Kern, R.M. (2005). An Adlerian model for alliance building. Journal of Individual Psychology, 61(2), 137-148.

" Alliance building within a brief therapy context is a topic rarely addressed in Adlerian research. The Creating Alliance using BASIS-A Linking Early Recollections (CABLE) model was used with an urban, HIV-positive population in a major city located in the southeastern United States. The model, which uses the BASIS-A Inventory ..., is illustrated with a case study" (p. 137).

Tobias, C., Brown, K., Rajabiun, S., Drainoni, M.-L., & Young, S.R. (2005). A Kaleidoscope of Care for HIV-infected substance users. Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services, 4(2), 27-43.

"A Kaleidoscope of Care is a cross-disciplinary curriculum in HIV and substance use, designed to train HIV health care and substance abuse treatment professionals in providing better care to the clients they share in common. It applies adult learning principles to engage diverse professionals in building skills to promote health and adherence, engagement and retention in care, harm reduction, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Early evaluation of the curriculum indicates that it has enhanced knowledge and built skills in serving HIV-infected substance users among providers from multiple disciplines" (pp. 27-28). To download this curriculum, go to http://www.hdwg.org/projects/hivtac.htm.

Internet Resources

The National Alliance of State & Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) collaborated with the American Psychological Association (APA) Office on AIDS to develop a July 2005 "mental health issue brief" entitled "HIV and mental health: The challenges of dual diagnosis." Profiles of programs in California, Colorado, and Rhode Island, as well as resource listings, are included in this brief, located at http://www.nastad.org/documents/public/NASTAD_Mental_Health_final.pdf.

– Compiled by Abraham Feingold, Psy.D.

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