HIV & AIDS Awareness for Mental Health Providers

ESTIMATED COURSE LENGTH: 7.03 hours

CE CREDITS: 7.00 continuing education/contact hours for social workers, psychologists, counselors, and marriage and family therapists

TARGET AUDIENCE: Mental Health Practitioners

LEVEL OF INSTRUCTION: Intermediate

PREREQUISITE(S): None

INSTRUCTIONAL METHOD: Recorded video format (non-interactive)

ACCESSIBILITY ACCOMMODATIONS: Closed captioning of audio components. In order to request further accessibility accommodations, please email support@psychhub.com.

COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS: To obtain your CE certificate, learners must complete a pre-test (not scored), progress through all course segments, complete a participant evaluation, and obtain a score of 80% or higher on a post-test. Learners are expected to complete the quiz within 3 attempts. If unable to do so, the learner will need to re-review the course segments.

FINANCIAL/COMMERCIAL SUPPORT STATEMENT: This course has no commercial support.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST:  This course has no potential conflict of interest or outside commercial support. Psych Hub's conflict of interest statement is found in the footer of the training center.

GRIEVANCE AND REFUND POLICIES: Grievance and refund policies are found in the footer of the training center.

PARTICIPATION COSTS:  The cost to participate in this CE activity is included in the subscription registration fee.

COURSE CREATION DATE: 1/11/2022

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Identify at least two major differences in the medical treatment of HIV today versus 20 years ago
• Identify at least two common impacts of an HIV diagnosis on people and their families
• Describe at least three common clinician biases related to HIV and AIDS
• Describe at least three principles for working with clients diagnosed with HIV
• List at least two barriers to HIV treatment adherence
• Describe at least two appropriate clinician responses to client disclosure of HIV status
• Identify at least two reasons why professional associations discourage laws requiring mental health professionals to report high-risk behavior to partners or public health authorities

1. Background
   1. Terminology
   2. History of HIV/AIDS
   3. Social and cultural responses
2. Treatment
   1. Current treatments
   2. Risk reduction
   3. Treatment adherence
   4. Mental health
3. Living with HIV
4. Working with HIV-positive or high-risk populations
   1. Understanding the population
   2. Assessing clinician bias
   3. Reducing clinician bias
5. Mental health assessment and treatment
   1. Inquiring about HIV status
   2. Risk assessment
   3. Encouraging testing
   4. Disclosure of HIV status
   5. Crisis assessment
   6. Treatment planning
6. Legal and Ethical Issues
   1. Confidentiality
   2. Documentation of HIV status
   3. Access to records