People living with HIV (PLHIV) are frequently diagnosed with mental health comorbidities. ANAC is proud to partner with MetroHealth to present a webinar series designed to provide HIV clinicians and advocates tools to identify, manage and support PLHIV with mental health comorbidities. Free CNE will be provided to all who complete the learning activities.
Webinar 1: Integrating depression screening into HIV primary care
Presenter: Ann Avery, MD
Objectives:
- To describe the collaborative care model for depression in HIV
- To demonstrate how depression screening and re-screening was integrated into routine HIV primary care
- To describe lessons learned from the MetroHealth Collaborative Care Demonstration Project
Webinar 2: Management of depressive symptoms in HIV primary care
Presenters: Mallika Lavakumar, MD and Tracey Brichacek, MD
Objectives:
- To examine management of depressive symptoms in HIV primary care
- To discuss the medication algorithm for the treatment of depressive symptoms in PLHIV
- To describe care coordination and behavioral activation for the management of depressive symptoms in PLHIV
Webinar 3: Bipolar disorder in PLHIV
Presenter: Mallika Lavakumar, MD
Objectives:
- To examine epidemiology of Bipolar Disorder in PLHIV
- To describe the clinical diagnosis of bipolar disorder in PLHIV
- To discuss the treatment of Bipolar Disorder in PLWH
