Mind, body, HAART: JHB - Integrating mental health into HIV care
28 November 2011
The Anova Health Institute will be presenting the “Mind, body, HAART” symposium, on October 31st & November 1st, 2011 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Rosebank, Johannesburg.
THE PURPOSE of the symposium is to explore the mental health needs of people living with HIV/AIDS, with a view to encouraging integrated care and reducing the impact of mental disorders on people living with HIV.
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS in HIV mental health treatment and care will be discussed and practical skills training on the assessment of common mental disorders and psychotropic prescribing will be offered. The symposium is aimed at clinical doctors and nurses, service providers, health service managers, and researchers working with people living with HIV/AIDS.
The conference will consist of:
BURSARIES will be awarded based on motivations submitted to the conference organizer. Preference will be given to clinical doctors and nurses working in primary HIV care.
A limited number of MEDIA BURSARIES are also available.
CPD accreditation is offered.
Presentations for download:
Day 1:
Dr Lena Andersen (GSH-HIV Mental Health Group), No health without mental health: The need to integrate mental health into HIV care
Dr John Joska(GSH-HIV Mental Health Group), No health without mental health: The need to integrate mental health into HIV care
Prof Rita Thom (University of the Witwatersrand), Depression in People Living with HIV/AIDS
Dr Lina Groenewald (Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital), The Triple Challenge: When dual diagnostics meet HIV
Prof Ashraf Kagee (University of Stellenbosch), Structural Barriers to Adherence to Antiretroviral Treatment
Dr Gregory Jonsson (Luthando Psychiatric HIV Clinic), Expansion of the Luthando Psychiatric HIV clinic: The co-epidemics of serious mental illness and HIV
Mr Matthew Leaver (University of Cape Town), Clinical supervision and HIV primary mental health care: Lessons learnt from a working model
Day 2:
Dr Hetta Gouse (GSH-HIV Mental Health Group), The Mind and Cognition in HIV
Dr Kathie Walker (Red Cross Children's Hospital), HIV and neurocognitive impairment in a paediatric population
Mr Glenn de Swardt (Anova Health Institute), Mental Health and MSM
Dr Helen Clark (Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital), The adolescent with HIV
Dr Wendy Duncan (Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital), Growing up in a positive world: The Challenges of HIV in Childhood
Ms Yashmita Naidoo (HIVSA), Counselling & Mental Health
Dr Andra le Roux-Kemp (University of Stellenbosch), Mental Health & HIV: A Legal Perspective
Dr Gale Ure (Life Esidimeni), Legal and ethical issues in Chronic Mental Health Care and HIV
For further information:
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