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Videos about HIV & Mental Health

Stigma-Free

#WAD2023 | Stigma-Free: For the Mental Health and Wellness of People Living with and Affected by HIV
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#WAD2023 | Stigma-Free: For the Mental Health and Wellness of People Living with and Affected by HIV

This World AIDS Day, in the frame of our ongoing #StigmaFree campaign, we are launching a video of interviews from #HIV experts stressing why we must focus the HIV response on ending stigma and discrimination and alleviate their impact on the mental health and wellness of communities affected by HIV. On the side of EACS 2023 conference, EATG invited people with lived experience from the field of HIV to be the voices of the Stigma-Free campaign. We aimed to represent the voices and concerns of people living with HIV and community, HIV and mental health community workers and HIV clinicians. ---- Title: Stigma-Free: For the Mental Health and Wellness of People Living with and Affected by HIV Duration: 38 minutes Format: 4K Year: 2023 Audio: English Subtitles: English Cast of Interviewees Marta Boffito Mario Cascio Daniel Simões Campaign and Video Production Executive Team Apostolos Kalogiannis Communications Manager (Campaign Management & Interviews) Chiara Longhi Project Coordinator (Campaign & Logistics Assistance) Martín Montiel Videography Synthesee Graphic Design Rocco Pignata Subtitles Bryan Teixeira Copywriting Olga Nikolaienko Translations Campaign Consultation Team Mario Cascio, Bryan Teixeira, Deniz Uyanik (EATG members) Marie Mcleod, Ann Isabelle Von Lingen, Fiona Greenhalgh, Daphné Galloux (EATG staff) The shooting of the interviews and other footage took place in Warsaw (18-20 October 2023) during the 19th European AIDS Conference, organised by the European AIDS Clinical Society (EACS). This video is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Music by Chris Zabriskie (CC BY 4.0) and Denis Stelmakh. The HIV & Mental Health project has been developed by the EATG, and was made possible through a grant from Gilead Sciences Europe Ltd, Merck Sharp and Dohme, and ViiV Healthcare Europe Ltd. EATG acknowledges that the sponsors had no control or input into the structure or the content of the initiative. We would like to thank everyone who helped to make this video and campaign happen! We call on all workers to emphasise wellness, stigma-free and integrated services for people living with and affected by HIV, and continuing education Learn more about the campaign eatg.org/stigma-free Share the campaign #StigmaFree

Campaigns

Webinar: Mental Health within HIV Guidelines
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Webinar: Mental Health within HIV Guidelines

Mental Health within HIV care guidelines is a follow-up webinar to explore some of the issues involved in updating existing standards of mental health care for people living with HIV in Europe and Central Asia. Updated standards relative to the #MentalHealth of people living with #HIV could be more comprehensive, including serious as well as more common conditions, impacts of ageing, stigma, referral protocols back and forth across clinical and community settings, issues specific to adolescents, competencies for all providers whether professionals or lay/peers, etc. This is a recording of the webinar who took place on 9 November 2023. Introduction of Webinar and Speakers – Mario Cascio (00:00) Tomás Campbell: Psychological support for adults and adolescents living with HIV: Improving standards of care (04:02) Lena Nechosina: Uniting the Mental Health and HIV Care Continuums: Improving standards and services (25:39) Peter Zajc: Mental Healthcare Standards – Perspectives from the HIV Clinic, Ljubljana (49:05) Open Discussion – Bryan Teixeira (1:06:46) Closing Remarks – Mario Casio (1:23:21) https://www.eatg.org/events/mental-health-within-hiv-guidelines-webinar/ #StigmaFree
40 years of HIV/AIDS: Anton 'Mental Health Matters! Especially for people who use drugs or living with HIV'
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40 years of HIV/AIDS: Anton 'Mental Health Matters! Especially for people who use drugs or living with HIV'

'Mental Health Matters! Especially for people who use drugs or living with HIV' Anton Basenko (Ukraine/Belgium) Programme Manager at EATG This World AIDS Day, EATG launches a campaign to raise awareness around persistent stigma and discrimination faced by people living with and communities affected by HIV/AIDS and the impact on their lives and mental health. Furthermore, we aim to foster different EU institutions’ interest to act on HIV, human rights and stigma-related issues. With this campaign, we present stories of people living with and communities affected by HIV coming from different realities across Europe and Central Asia. Their stories showcase how stigma and discrimination is still a barrier to an effective response. Anton Basenko (Ukraine/Belgium) Programme Manager at EATG This World AIDS Day, EATG launches a campaign to raise awareness around persistent stigma and discrimination faced by people living with and communities affected by HIV/AIDS and the impact on their lives and mental health. Furthermore, we aim to foster different EU institutions’ interest to act on HIV, human rights and stigma-related issues. With this campaign, we present stories of people living with and communities affected by HIV coming from different realities across Europe and Central Asia. Their stories showcase how stigma and discrimination is still a barrier to an effective response. #HIVStigma #40YearsOfHIV #WAD2021 #WorldAIDSDay2021 #DiversityIsStrength #EATGHIVMentalHealth #MentalHealthMatters #EndInequalities #EndAIDS #EndPandemics #DrugUsersLivesMatter Get the campaign: eatg.org/40-years-of-hiv-aids-stigma-discrimination-and-the-impact-on-mental-health/
40 years of HIV/AIDS: Cianan 'A move toward real solidarity with trans people'
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40 years of HIV/AIDS: Cianan 'A move toward real solidarity with trans people'

'A move toward real solidarity with trans people' Cianán Russell (Belgium) Senior Policy Officer at ILGA-Europe This World AIDS Day, EATG launches a campaign to raise awareness around persistent stigma and discrimination faced by people living with and communities affected by HIV/AIDS and the impact on their lives and mental health. Furthermore, we aim to foster different EU institutions’ interest to act on HIV, human rights and stigma-related issues. With this campaign, we present stories of people living with and communities affected by HIV coming from different realities across Europe and Central Asia. Their stories showcase how stigma and discrimination is still a barrier to an effective response. #HIVStigma #40YearsOfHIV #WAD2021 #WorldAIDSDay2021 #DiversityIsStrength #EATGHIVMentalHealth #MentalHealthMatters #EndInequalities #EndAIDS #EndPandemics #TransLivesMatter Get the campaign: eatg.org/40-years-of-hiv-aids-stigma-discrimination-and-the-impact-on-mental-health/
40 years of HIV/AIDS: Rosaline 'No place for Stigma and Discrimination: Let’s Break the Silence'
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40 years of HIV/AIDS: Rosaline 'No place for Stigma and Discrimination: Let’s Break the Silence'

'No place for Stigma and Discrimination: Let’s Break the Silence' Rosaline M’Bayo (Germany) Programme Director at Afrikaherz This World AIDS Day, EATG launches a campaign to raise awareness around persistent stigma and discrimination faced by people living with and communities affected by HIV/AIDS and the impact on their lives and mental health. Furthermore, we aim to foster different EU institutions’ interest to act on HIV, human rights and stigma-related issues. With this campaign, we present stories of people living with and communities affected by HIV coming from different realities across Europe and Central Asia. Their stories showcase how stigma and discrimination is still a barrier to an effective response. #HIVStigma #40YearsOfHIV #WAD2021 #WorldAIDSDay2021 #DiversityIsStrength #EATGHIVMentalHealth #MentalHealthMatters #EndInequalities #EndAIDS #EndPandemics #BlackLivesMatter Get the campaign: https://www.eatg.org/40-years-of-hiv-aids-stigma-discrimination-and-the-impact-on-mental-health/

Activism & Nonprofit

IAS 2023 satellite: Person-centred approaches to address the health needs of people living with HIV
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IAS 2023 satellite: Person-centred approaches to address the health needs of people living with HIV

Despite advances made by health systems to improve the care of people living with HIV, a higher burden of multi­morbidity and poorer health-related quality of life are reported by many people living with HIV in comparison to people without HIV. Ensuring the best possible quality of life for those living with and affected by HIV by reducing HIV infections and related morbidity and mortality will only be possible through an integrated response to clients' health needs and preferences. Getting care right for people living with and affected by HIV requires a flexible healthcare system that allows people to decide on their degree of self-management. IAS – the International AIDS Society – organized a satellite session which was held on 24 July 2023 at IAS 2023, the 12th International HIV Science Conference. This satellite session highlighted the latest evidence, promising practices, and reflections on the operationalization of person-centred care principles for HIV. It featured selected publications from the Journal of the International AIDS Society supplement on this topic which was launched at IAS 2023. This session will be of interest to clients, programme planners and implementers, researchers, as well as policy makers. Link to access supplement: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17582652/2023/26/S1 • Introduction and overview of the key themes of the Journal of the International AIDS Society special issue on person-centred care, Rena JANAMNUAYSOOK, Institute of HIV Research and Innovation, Thailand • A people-centred approach to enhance the long-term health and well-being of people living with HIV in Europe, Jeffrey V LAZARUS, Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), Spain • Person-centred dynamic choice prevention in rural Kenya and Uganda: SEARCH SAPPHIRE study, Jane KABAMI, Infectious Diseases Reseach collaboration, Uganda • Patterns of person-centred communications and provider perspectives to inform the design and implementation of a facility-based improvement intervention in HIV clinics in Zambia, Njekwa MUKAMBA, Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia (CIDRZ), Zambia • Integrating an electronic client feedback tool into continuous quality improvement processes in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Davina CANAGASABEY, PATH, United States • Improved clinical outcomes for clients on preferred differentiated ART in Uganda, Esther NKOLO, USAID Uganda, Uganda • Integrated models of HIV care, hypertension and diabetes treatment in eSwatini and South Africa, Maggie MUNSAMY, Department of Health, South Africa • Lessons learned from community engagement regarding phylodynamic research with molecular HIV surveillance data in the United States, Brian MINALGA, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, United States • Shifting the power dynamic in the delivery of adolescent and youth-friendly health services, Tung DOAN, Y+ Global, Vietnam This Journal of the International AIDS Society supplement was organized by IAS – the International AIDS Society. It was made possible with financial support from Gilead Sciences, as part of their sponsorship of the IAS Person-Centred Care programme. IAS has full control over the all activities and decisions relating to, and forming part of, the IAS Person-Centred Care programme. The content of this supplement is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the International AIDS Society or Gilead Sciences. Gilead Sciences has not had any input into the content of the supplement or the satellite event. This IAS 2023 satellite was organized by IAS – the International AIDS Society. It was made possible with financial support from ViiV Healthcare. The content of the satellite is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the International AIDS Society or ViiV Healthcare. ViiV Healthcare has not had any input into the content of the supplement or the satellite event.

Training

People Living with HIV and Substance Abuse Disorder: Addressing Barriers to Viral Suppression
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People Living with HIV and Substance Abuse Disorder: Addressing Barriers to Viral Suppression

The co-occurrence of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) for people living with HIV (PLWH) may impact HIV transmission, morbidity, and mortality but is not a contraindication for HIV treatments such as antiretroviral therapy (ART). Guidelines from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) direct clinicians to screen for potential mental health disorders and provide ART to PLWH and SUD, but education is required for clinicians to understand and meet the treatment challenges for these individuals and choose between the various ART treatment options to meet their unique needs. This CMEO BriefCase entitled, People Living with HIV (PLWH) and Substance Abuse Disorder (SUD): Addressing Barriers to Viral Suppression, will discuss a specific case of an individual who must simultaneously face the challenges of living with HIV as well as having a SUD. Expert faculty will address mental health screening and different ART treatment options for HIV given the difficulties and unique barriers faced by patients with a comorbid condition of SUD. Learn more or Claim Credit: https://www.cmeoutfitters.com/activity/plwh-sud-addressing-barriers-to-viral-suppression/
The Impact of HIV Stigmatization on Mental Health
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The Impact of HIV Stigmatization on Mental Health

Dr. Hector Colon-Rivera, Medical Director of the Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha, Inc Behavioral Health Program (APM) and Physician at the Western Psychiatric Institute, was joined by: -CDC Clinical Ambassador, Dr. Sara Bares, Associate Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, -CDC Community Ambassador & Outcare Health representative Asia Sullivan, Physician Assistant and Primary Care provider in Los Angeles, CA with a focus on LGBTQ+ health. -Dr. Karinn Glover, a board-certified psychiatrist, Director of Adult Behavioral Health at Cityblock Health, and an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The purpose of Mental Wellness Month awareness is to promote good mental health and break the stigma of mental health disorders. The discussion emphasizes the importance of addressing the impact of HIV stigmatization on mental health in Hispanic communities. Field experts focus their discussion on the health education necessary to reduce HIV stigma and promote testing, prevention, and treatment in the community from a psychosocial point of view. The event was featured as an informal roundtable and highlighted patient-provider relationships pertaining to mental health & HIV treatment & care. Our intended audience will be clinicians and medical students from across the nation, who are interested in the intersectionality between mental health and HIV care, particularly within the Hispanic and other underserved communities. NHMA provides a platform for expert speakers to share their knowledge and perspectives. The opinions expressed by these speakers are their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of NHMA.
CUGH Virtual Week: Prioritizing Mental Health & Behavioral Studies in HIV/AIDS Response in LGBTQ Pop
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CUGH Virtual Week: Prioritizing Mental Health & Behavioral Studies in HIV/AIDS Response in LGBTQ Pop

Prioritizing Mental Health and Behavioral Studies in HIV/AIDS Response among LGBTQ Populations Organizer: University of South Carolina Mental health (e.g., depression, anxiety, substance use disorders, and post‐traumatic stress disorder) occur at a high rate among LGBTQ populations (at the risk of HIV infection and/or living with HIV). Despite the associations between mental health conditions and behavioral and clinical outcomes such as high risks for HIV infection, reduced medicine adherence, and increased disability and mortality in this population, mental health and behavioral studies are often neglected in clinical practice. This session provides a unique opportunity to share state-of-the art research and practice experiences from scholars and key stakeholders in the globe. The audience will be able to have deep conversations and discussions with presentations.
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