Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- 1 Medical overview
- 2 Cognitive disorders in people living with HIV disease
- 3 General principles of pharmacotherapy for the patient with HIV infection
- 4 Mood disorders and psychosis in HIV
- 5 Suicidal behavior and HIV infection
- 6 Anxiety disorders and HIV disease
- 7 General issues in hospital HIV psychiatry
- 8 HIV and people with serious and persistent mental illness
- 9 Psychotherapy
- 10 HIV and substance use disorders
- 11 Psychiatric issues in pediatric HIV/AIDS
- 12 Uninfected children of parents with HIV
- 13 Psychological issues faced by gay men
- 14 Women and HIV
- 15 Couples
- 16A HIV and cultural diversity
- 16B African Americans
- 16C Latinos and HIV disease
- 16D One heart, two spirit, and beyond: HIV and the people of the First Nations
- 17 HIV in prison populations
- 18 Legal and ethical issues
- 19 Psychiatrist as caregiver
- Appendix I HIV Counselling checklist for physicians
- Index
Preface
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 August 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- 1 Medical overview
- 2 Cognitive disorders in people living with HIV disease
- 3 General principles of pharmacotherapy for the patient with HIV infection
- 4 Mood disorders and psychosis in HIV
- 5 Suicidal behavior and HIV infection
- 6 Anxiety disorders and HIV disease
- 7 General issues in hospital HIV psychiatry
- 8 HIV and people with serious and persistent mental illness
- 9 Psychotherapy
- 10 HIV and substance use disorders
- 11 Psychiatric issues in pediatric HIV/AIDS
- 12 Uninfected children of parents with HIV
- 13 Psychological issues faced by gay men
- 14 Women and HIV
- 15 Couples
- 16A HIV and cultural diversity
- 16B African Americans
- 16C Latinos and HIV disease
- 16D One heart, two spirit, and beyond: HIV and the people of the First Nations
- 17 HIV in prison populations
- 18 Legal and ethical issues
- 19 Psychiatrist as caregiver
- Appendix I HIV Counselling checklist for physicians
- Index
Summary
It was in 1996. The manuscript for the first edition of this Training Manual, produced under the auspices of Health Canada and the Canadian Psychiatric Association, was being completed. Many clinicians caring for HIV-infected individuals were becoming demoralized. The nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs), the only class of antiretrovirals available at the time, were failing to make a significant impact on mortality. The full implication of the development of resistance to these medications was being felt.
Then, a second class of antiretroviral agents, the protease inhibitors (PIs) became available. Clinical trials were initiated and, at the International AIDS Conference held in Vancouver (Canada) in 1997, it became clear that a turning point had been reached. Antiretrovirals from different classes, used in combination, were exerting a very significant impact on mortality among HIV-infected individuals (Figure 0.1). Clinically, the result was striking. The waiting rooms of HIV clinics were the theaters of astonishing scenes. Patients on the brink of death were putting on weight and regaining stamina. Enthusiasm among patients and clinicians alike was palpable.
Psychiatrists too, were enthused. There was a sense that the psychological and neuropsychiatric burden associated with this infection would significantly decrease. Almost 10 years down the road now, it has become clear that the need for psychiatric care has far from decreased. As patients live longer, psychological and psychiatric difficulties negatively impact on quality of life.
The efficacy of Highly Active Antiretrovial Therapy (HAART) has a price: strict adherence to a complex medication regimen.
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- HIV and PsychiatryTraining and Resource Manual, pp. xiii - xivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2005