Mental health, substance use and viral suppression in adolescents receiving ART at a paediatric HIV clinic in South Africa.
Andreas D HaasKarl-Günter TechnauShenaaz PahadKate BraithwaiteMampho MadzivhandilaGillian SorourShobna SawryNicola MaxwellPer von GrooteMpho TlaliMary-Ann DaviesMatthias Eggernull nullPublished in: Journal of the International AIDS Society (2021)
ALHIV affected by mental health problems have increased rates of unsuppressed viral load and need specific clinical attention. The integration of routine mental health screening in paediatric ART programmes is a feasible approach for identifying and referring adolescents with mental health and adherence problems to counselling and psychosocial support services and if needed to psychiatric care.
Keyphrases
- mental health
- mental illness
- antiretroviral therapy
- hiv infected
- south africa
- young adults
- hiv positive
- healthcare
- physical activity
- emergency department
- primary care
- hiv testing
- palliative care
- sars cov
- human immunodeficiency virus
- men who have sex with men
- type diabetes
- hiv aids
- quality improvement
- smoking cessation
- chronic pain