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Jun 2022
20m 18s

S1 Episode 5: Managing Mental Health and...

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Drs Michael Saag and Glenn Treisman discuss methods of managing mental health and substance abuse in HIV patients.

Relevant disclosures can be found with the episode show notes on Medscape.com (https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/963241). The topics and discussions are planned, produced, and reviewed independently of advertiser. This podcast is intended only for US healthcare professionals.

Resources

Depression Prevalence, Antidepressant Treatment Status, and Association with Sustained HIV Viral Suppression Among Adults Living with HIV in Care in the United States, 2009-2014 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10461-019-02613-6

The Role of Dopamine in Inflammation-Associated Depression: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Implications https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/7854_2016_13

Depression and Anxiety in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6076116/pdf/medi-97-e11376.pdf

Substance Abuse Treatment in Persons with HIV/AIDS: Challenges in Managing Triple Diagnosis https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3999248/pdf/nihms544493.pdf

Mesolimbic Pathway https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/mesolimbic-pathway

Dopamine System Dysregulation in Major Depressive Disorders https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5716179/pdf/pyx056.pdf

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