The AETC HIV Comorbidity Community of Practice and Learning has developed three generic (no specific pharmaceuticals identified) template letters for...
Archived webinar.
Training slides discuss non-FDA approved medications to treat methamphetamine use disorder (MUD), review how to dose medication for MUD, and review me...
Training slides review the epidemiology of hepatitis C (HCV) among people who use drugs, review treatment as prevention, dispel myths about HCV treatm...
Mental health and substance use disorders are highly prevalent among people with and at risk for HIV. This tool was designed to assist HIV primary car...
Training slides cover the prevalence of personality disorders among those in HIV care, how personality disorders affect HIV care (engagement, adherenc...
Training slides provide rationale for integrating the HIV Care Continuum and the Behavioral Health Continuum to create a collaborative care model.
Training slides describe unhealthy alcohol use, identify approaches to screening for unhealthy alcohol use in HIV clinical settings, and review alcoho...
Training slides summarize drug overdose mortality trends in HHS Region 10, describe core infrastructure states are using to respond to the overdose ep...
Below is a list of the pocket guides created by the MidAtlantic AETC:
Training slides review the components of a basic psychiatric assessment and treatment initiation for primary care settings. Diagnostic and treatment c...
This infographic highlights challenges and barriers to achieving viral suppression among people with HIV with mental health disorders, and presents th...
Training slides learning objectives include:
Training slides learning objectives include:
This toolkit provides resources and best practices to strengthen provider capacity to identify hepatitis C infection and successfully engage individua...
Training slides cover approaches to distinguishing between distress, major depression, and bipolar depression in people with HIV and understand which...
Training slides describe the burden of depression in people with HIV, identify some of the validated screeners for depression in the primary care sett...
Access recorded trainings presented by the AETC National Clinician Consultation Center (NCCC) in partnership with Health Resources and Serv...
These training slides highlight the prevalence and impacts of anxiety disorders in People with HIV, identification of diagnostic features...
These slides review the common symptoms of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and the overlap of psychiatric conditions.
These training slides provide an overview of the legal and ethical responsibilities of health care providers in developing a thorough treatment plan f...
These slides provide an overview of causes of death that are direct outcomes of poor mental health among people with HIV, as well as approaches to HIV...
These slides describe the intersection between substance use, incarceration, hepatitis C (HCV), and HIV. The role of Integrated Behavioral Healthcare...
These slides provide a brief history and federal changes on opioid treatment program (OTP) regulations, as well as changes affecting the p...
These slides provide an overview on preventive and treatment approaches directed to reducing health disparities among people with co-occur...
These slides discuss the health disparities experienced by Latines, and how experienced trauma increases the likelihood of developing health condition...
This presentation discusses the differences between bipolar affective disorder (BPAD) and people with HIV compared to other populations. D...
This presentation provides signs and symptoms of psychosis, people with HIV (PWH) presenting with psychosis, as well as a work-up for psyc...
The purpose of this screening guide is to increase clinician awareness of the increased prevalence of specific illnesses and mortalities among people...
The Southeast AIDS Education and Training Center’s (SE AETC) Ending the HIV Epidemic by Addressing Substance Misuse and Substance Use Disor...
The popular AETC Program no-cost app supports health care providers with point-of-care tools for HIV screening, prevention, and care.
Compilation of useful tools from Beth Rutkowski, MPH, Director of Training & Epidemiologist, UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs and Co-Direc...
SAMHSA provides resources related to Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) for the treatment of substance use disorders. MAT is the use of medications,...
(Recorded on 11/10/2025)
It is very common for people with HIV/AIDS to have histories of trauma, PTSD, and substance misuse. We commonly say...
(Recorded on 12/8/2025)
This webinar provides a brief overview of stimulant use and stimulant use disorder in PWH and evidence of health threats from c...
Find upcoming training programs, in-person events, online on-demand training, and an archive of recordings.
(Recorded on 1/12/2026)
Long-acting antiretrovirals are now becoming mainstream for the management of people with HIV who are virologically suppressed...
(Recorded 2/9/26)
The presentation focuses on intimate partner violence (IPV) screening in healthcare settings. It covers IPV definitions, prevalence,...
Principal Investigator, New York/New Jersey AETC
About 30% of people receiving care and treatment for HIV infection have major depression. But is it best to conceptualize major depression as a mental illness or a medical illness? If you wake up in a bad mood but your body feels fine, you are very un...
When incorporating best practices and guidelines for HIV care, clinicians must take into account their clients’ mental health and substance use needs. Approximately 30- 50% of people living with HIV/AIDS have current or past severe to moderate depression. At its highest estimate, that’s more than do...
