Sessions on HIV/AIDS Offer Practical, Diagnostic, Treatment Strategies

More than a million people are living with HIV in the United States, and Washington, D.C., has the highest infection rate in the country. No wonder more psychiatrists are seeing patients infected with and at risk for HIV infection than ever before. APA's Office of HIV Psychiatry and the Committee on AIDS will offer several programs to address the mental health and well-being of HIV-infected patients at this year's annual meeting in Washington, D.C. Geared to psychiatrists with varying levels of expertise, the programs will provide updated information on HIV-related complications and treatments.

SATURDAY, MAY 3

9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Course: Psychiatric Aspects of HIV/AIDS: An Update

This course will provide a general medical update, information on psychotropic/ARV drug interactions, an overview of neurocognitive disorders, and a comprehensive look at comorbidity including HIV and mental illness, substance use, and hepatitis C. A case discussion will round out the full-day program.

Room 143 A/B, Washington Convention Center

SUNDAY, MAY 4

12:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Resident's Program: HIV Psychiatry: What Residents Need to Know

The workshop will prodive practical, need-to-know information including an overview of the neuropsychiatric and psychiatric complications of HIV/AIDS, a case discussion, and patient interview.

Constitution Ballroom D, Constitution Level, Grand Hyatt Washington

MONDAY, MAY 5

9 a.m.-10:30 a.m.

Component Workshop: Looking for Love and Dodging the Virus

This interactive workshop will discuss relationship dynamics among women of color, pregnancy, and related HIV risk and provide concrete skills to take a sexual and substance-use history.

Room 152, Washington Convention Center

THURSDAY, MAY 8

2 a.m.-5 p.m.

Symposium: AIDS in 2008

This symposium presents useful information on working with HIV-positive patients today, including working with the other members of the treatment team, treating patients for sleep and neurocognitive disorders, special concerns around HIV amoung people with severe emental illness, and psychotherapeutic aspects of lipodystrophy.

Room 101, Washington Convention Center