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Caring for Persons With Early Childhood Trauma, PTSD, and HIV: A Curriculum for Clinicians

Author Type(s)

Faculty

DOI

10.1007/s40596-014-0186-8

Journal Title

Academic Psychiatry

First Page

696

Last Page

700

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-1-2014

Department

Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Keywords

Adult, Child, Comorbidity, Curriculum, HIV Infections, Health Personnel, Humans, Life Change Events, Patient Compliance, Risk Reduction Behavior, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

Abstract

Access and adherence to medical care enable persons with HIV to live longer and healthier lives. Adherence to care improves quality of life, prevents progression to AIDS, and also has significant public health implications. Early childhood trauma-induced posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is one factor that has been identified as an obstacle to adherence to both risk reduction and HIV care. The authors developed a 4-h curriculum to provide clinicians with more confidence in their ability to elicit a trauma history, diagnose PTSD, and address trauma and its sequelae in persons with HIV to improve adherence to medical care, antiretroviral medications, and risk reduction. The curriculum was designed to address the educational needs of primary care physicians, infectious disease specialists, psychiatrists, other specialists, psychologists, social workers, nurses, residents, medical students, and other trainees who provide care for persons infected with and affected by HIV.

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