Mental Health in Women Living With HIV: The Unique and Unmet Needs
Women living with HIV (WLWH) experience depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress symptoms at higher rates than their male counterparts and more often than HIV-unaffected women. These mental health issues affect not only the well-being and quality of life of WLWH, but have implications for HIV m...
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| author | Elizabeth M. Waldron Inger Burnett-Zeigler Victoria Wee Yiukee Warren Ng Linda J. Koenig Aderonke Bamgbose Pederson Evelyn Tomaszewski Emily S. Miller |
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| description | Women living with HIV (WLWH) experience depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress symptoms at higher rates than their male counterparts and more often than HIV-unaffected women. These mental health issues affect not only the well-being and quality of life of WLWH, but have implications for HIV management and transmission prevention. Despite these ramifications, WLWH are under-treated for mental health concerns and they are underrepresented in the mental health treatment literature. In this review, we illustrate the unique mental health issues faced by WLWH such as a high prevalence of physical and sexual abuse histories, caregiving stress, and elevated internalized stigma as well as myriad barriers to care. We examine the feasibility and outcomes of mental health interventions that have been tested in WLWH including cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness-based interventions, and supportive counseling. Future research is required to address individual and systemic barriers to mental health care for WLWH. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-64db5b8ccf664574a11561ddededd24e2022-12-21T22:25:46ZengSAGE PublishingJournal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care2325-95822021-01-012010.1177/2325958220985665Mental Health in Women Living With HIV: The Unique and Unmet NeedsElizabeth M. Waldron0Inger Burnett-Zeigler1Victoria Wee2Yiukee Warren Ng3Linda J. Koenig4Aderonke Bamgbose Pederson5Evelyn Tomaszewski6Emily S. Miller7 Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, , Chicago, IL, USA Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, , Chicago, IL, USA Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, , Chicago, IL, USA Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, , Atlanta, GA, USA Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, , Chicago, IL, USA Department of Social Work, College of Health and Human Services, , Fairfax, VA, USA Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine, , Chicago, IL, USAWomen living with HIV (WLWH) experience depression, anxiety, and posttraumatic stress symptoms at higher rates than their male counterparts and more often than HIV-unaffected women. These mental health issues affect not only the well-being and quality of life of WLWH, but have implications for HIV management and transmission prevention. Despite these ramifications, WLWH are under-treated for mental health concerns and they are underrepresented in the mental health treatment literature. In this review, we illustrate the unique mental health issues faced by WLWH such as a high prevalence of physical and sexual abuse histories, caregiving stress, and elevated internalized stigma as well as myriad barriers to care. We examine the feasibility and outcomes of mental health interventions that have been tested in WLWH including cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness-based interventions, and supportive counseling. Future research is required to address individual and systemic barriers to mental health care for WLWH.https://doi.org/10.1177/2325958220985665 |
| spellingShingle | Elizabeth M. Waldron Inger Burnett-Zeigler Victoria Wee Yiukee Warren Ng Linda J. Koenig Aderonke Bamgbose Pederson Evelyn Tomaszewski Emily S. Miller Mental Health in Women Living With HIV: The Unique and Unmet Needs Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care |
| title | Mental Health in Women Living With HIV: The Unique and Unmet Needs |
| title_full | Mental Health in Women Living With HIV: The Unique and Unmet Needs |
| title_fullStr | Mental Health in Women Living With HIV: The Unique and Unmet Needs |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mental Health in Women Living With HIV: The Unique and Unmet Needs |
| title_short | Mental Health in Women Living With HIV: The Unique and Unmet Needs |
| title_sort | mental health in women living with hiv the unique and unmet needs |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/2325958220985665 |
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