Developed by the AETC Mental Health Committee for the Integrating Mental Health and Substance Use Care into HIV Primary Care Toolkit...
The goal of this project is to provide an evidence-based online curriculum for health care providers and trainers of health care providers to increase their knowledge on human immunodeficiency virus (...
This multi-module curriculum is designed specifically for Medical Case Managers.
The purpose of this introductory training is to provide HIV clinicians (including, but not limited to physicians, dentists, nurses, and other allied medical staff, therapists and social workers, and c...
Originally presented on Feb. 21, 2018, this training, facilitated by Rev. Tommie Watkins, PhD, MDiv, LMSW, discusses the history of shame and guilt, and the relationship between shame, depression and...
Transgender people, like the general population, can suffer from a variety of common and rare severe mental health illnesses (SMI). This brief will cover recommendations on caring for this high-risk p...
The purpose of this introductory training is to provide HIV clinicians (including, but not limited to physicians, dentists, nurses, and other allied medical staff, therapists and social workers, and c...
The purpose of this training is to provide HIV clinicians (including, but not limited to physicians, dentists, nurses, and other allied medical staff, therapists and social workers, and counselors, sp...
The Motivational Interviewing (MI) pocket card provides a brief overview of principles and best practices for successfully eliciting behavior change with patients. MI elicits the patient’s motivation...
Each year HRSA's HIV/AIDS Bureau sponsors a conference for Ryan White Program clinicians to learn about advances in care and treatment. The AETC National Coordinating Resource Center and its partner,...
This training slide set covers aging-related concerns for people with HIV, including management of ART. Nearly half of people with HIV in the United States are aged over 50. Topics include epidemiolog...
Training slides to help healthcare providers understand and cope with feelings of loss and grief on a personal level and among their patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Learning objectives:
The National HIV Curriculum (NHC) provides free, up-to-date content for clinicians to learn about HIV diagnosis, treatment, and prevention. The 37 lessons and corresponding question bank topics offer...
Slides from a training session presented by Damir Huremović, MD, MPP, Director of Psychiatry, North Shore University Hospital, Manhasset, NY, and Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Donald...
This training provides an overview of statistics on suicide and people with HIV and people who are using substances and discusses a patient assessment for suicidal ideation and how to determine safety...
(Recorded September 23, 2020) Session I from NEAETC's More Than Health Care series on improving quality of life for people with HIV, HCV, and substance use disorders.
Emely Orellana de Bauti...
Session 3 of the AETC Program HIV and SARS-CoV-2 Winter Webinar Series (recorded 1/11/21). Presenters discussed ways to understand reactions to stress and anxiety experienced by the healthcare communi...
This series provides best practices and updates for HIV, viral hepatitis, mental health and STI treatment in the correctional setting.
(R...
On 3/2/21, Dr. Alex Keuroghlian MD, MPH, lead this webinar on Mental Health for Transgender and Gender-diverse People.
This session contextualized mental health inequities across diagnostic categories...
Session 5 of the AETC Program HIV and SARS-CoV-2 Winter Webinar Series (recorded 2/10/21). Presenters discussed overdose death rates throughout the U.S. during COVID-19, identified risk factors for su...
Training slides provide an update for healthcare professionals on the intersection of people with HIV, substance use, and mental health conditions.
The focus is on increased education on cultural compe...
Training slides from the Nevada Office of Suicide Prevention on the state's plan for suicide prevention. The presentation includes an update for physicians and healthcare providers on the intersection...
This guide reviews literature and research findings related to serious mental illness (SMI) and substance use disorder (SUD) along with emerging best practices in the use of telehealth in the treatmen...
Below is a list of the newest pocket guides created by the MidAtlantic AETC. Descriptions for each resource can be found here:
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 care teams in a range of clinical settings to plan an...
This webinar series aims to help healthcare professionals navigate through COVID-19 by presenting speakers from various backgrounds to share their knowledge and experiences. The goal of this series is...
Training slides review recent data regarding suicide rates, identify resources for suicide screening, and discuss safety planning.
Training slides cover the prevalence of personality disorders among those in HIV care, how personality disorders affect HIV care (engagement, adherence, retention), strategies and approaches for treat...
Training slides look at mental illness through a cultural lens to review the impact of COVID-19 on the Black community while facing the challenges of mental illness, substance use disorder, and as a p...
Training slides review the importance and utility of providing harm reduction services for people with substance use disorders and identify various types of harm reduction services available and how t...
Training slides cover the combined impact of HIV and COVID-19 on LGBTQ+ people of color.
Training slides provide rationale for integrating the HIV Care Continuum and the Behavioral Health Continuum to create a collaborative care model.
Training slides offer a refresher on buprenorphine pharmacology and review challenges with standard induction for different populations. The idea behind and evidence for microdosing inductions are als...
In this recorded webinar, Dr. Alex Keuroghlian addresses the intersections of mental health and HIV. This session has 1.0 credit available through the AAFP. Register to access the recording and the pr...
Training slides cover the long‐term effects of trauma on patients and review key principles and strategies that guide a trauma‐informed care approach that can assist patients in the healthcare setting...
Recorded 10/11/21
Connect to Cure is a project funded by the Levy Health Care Delivery Incubator. In the seminar, Dr. De Gijsel shares the experience of the multidisciplinary team to innovate care for...
Recorded 2/14/22
Individuals with HIV experience chronic pain secondary to the disease and its treatment, which can affect their quality of life. Pain and its treatment can also be affected by comorbid...
Recorded November 8, 2021
The Trauma-Informed Primary Care: Fostering Resilience and Recovery change package, has been used to enhance the trauma informed approach of the HIV Program at Dartmouth Hitch...
Recorded 4/11/22
This talk reviews the clinical presentation and treatment of co-occurring drug use (particularly amphetamines) and sexual behavior. Biopsychosocial risk factors are reviewed, along wit...
This two-page fact sheet features the latest research-based information on Methamphetamine. Included are multiple tips that HIV clinicians can use when dealing with methamphetamine abusers. Also incl...
After HIV diagnosis, timely entry into HIV medical care and retention in that care are essential to the provision of effective antiretroviral therapy (ART). ART adherence is among the key determinants...
This reference guide provides a basic introduction to “curanderismo” to enhance the provider’s ability to confidently initiate conversations with patients who practice this form of traditional healing...
The purpose of this resource is to illustrate how HIV and mood disorders, like depression and anxiety, are highly correlated. Also, to highlight the need for routine depression screening in persons li...
The purpose of this resource is to exemplify the need for more routine HIV testing across all U.S. healthcare systems.
Approximately 7/10 people with HIV in the U.S. are not virally suppressed. This infographic illustrates some of the barriers to achieving viral load suppression, and offers suggestions and resources t...
The SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions promotes the development of integrated primary and behavioral health services to better address the needs of individuals with mental health and s...
Illustrates how improving patient self-management can help to reduce gaps along the HIV care continuum.
HRSA and NIH held a one-day meeting with experts on trauma treatment and research. They reviewed the evidence for implementing care practices that address trauma in HRSA’s Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program...
The Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative Support and Alignment Network contains information on the Transforming Clinical Practice Initiative and the Collaborative Care Model (CCM) which integrate...
The paper, developed in collaboration with Health Management Associates (HMA), highlights examples of innovative Medicaid partnerships and financing arrangements for HIV prevention services from four...
Overview of different barriers to care among people with HIV.
Presenter:
Robertson Nash, PhD (c), ACNP, BC
Nurse Practitioner,
Vanderbilt Comprehensive Care Clinic,
Department of Infectious Disease,
Vanderb...
The infographic outlines the purpose and methodology for integrating HIV care into interprofessional education (IPE) and identifies how the AETC Program is helping to facilitate this training through...
Presented by:
David A. Lowenthal, MD, JD
Clinical Director, New York State Psychiatric Institute
Vice Chair for Clinical Faculty Development and Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University Me...
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...
Black men who have sex with men (BMSM) are more affected by HIV than any other group in the United States. In spite of recent incremental progress to reduce the rate of increase in new HIV infections, Black men continue to account for the largest proportion of new HIV diagnoses among MSM. Not only a...
We recognize the work of our AETC colleagues who dedicate additional time and resources to research beyond the scope of the AETC Program. The following is a compilation of HIV-related peer-reviewed studies produced by AETC-affiliated researchers and faculty, published in 2021.
If you're aware of othe...
