Addressing Behavioral Health Needs During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Patients with HIV and the Health Care Team
Francine Cournos, MD
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Co-Principal Investigator
Northeast/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center (NECA AETC)
Columbia University, New York, NY
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Francine Cournos, M.D. is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry (in Epidemiology) at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University and Co-Principal Investigator of the Northeast/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center. Over the past 37 years, she has engaged in clinical work and obtained research and training grants focused on the interface of HIV infection and behavioral health conditions. She has extensive local, national and international experience in projects focused on integrating mental health care and psychosocial supports into HIV care, including projects in Ethiopia, Rwanda, Tanzania and South Africa. Dr. Cournos has participated in HIV and behavioral health clinical practice guidelines for the New York State AIDS Institute, the American Psychiatric Association, the US National HIV Curriculum, and the World Health Organization. She has published more than 160 articles and book chapters, primarily on HIV and mental health, and has educated thousands of health care providers on this topic.
At the completion of this educational session, learners will:
- Utilize findings from the peer-reviewed literature to respond to the behavioral health needs of patients with HIV and their health care providers.
- Differentiate between mental distress and mental disorders.
- Employ the World Health Organization Pyramid of Mental Health Services to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Practice behavioral health strategies that require little or no behavioral health training.
This PRN CME activity is funded in part by unrestricted educational grants from:
Gilead Sciences; Janssen Therapeutics, a division of Janssen Products, LP; Merck & Co.; and ViiV Healthcare
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