Alleviating psychological distress and promoting mental wellbeing among adolescents living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa, during and after Covid-19

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15540494
AutoresMoses Okumu (0000-0003-2555-3077, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, autor de correspondencia), Thabani Nyoni (0000-0002-0100-6258, Washington University in St. Louis), William Byansi (0000-0003-2880-9357, Washington University in St. Louis)
Año2021
Volumen16
Número6
Páginas964-973
Fecha de publicación2021-04-11
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaGlobal Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1744-1692 • E-ISSN: 1744-1706
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17441692.2021.1912137
PMID33843460
OpenAlexW3155606441
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas13
Referencias citadas56

COVID-19 social control measures (e.g. physical distancing and lockdowns) can have both immediate (social isolation, loneliness, anxiety, stress) and long-term effects (depression, post-traumatic stress disorder) on individuals' mental health. This may be particularly true of adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) and their caregivers - populations already overburdened by intersecting stressors (e.g. psychosocial, biomedical, familial, economic, social, or environmental). Addressing the adverse mental health sequelae of COVID-19 among ALHIV requires a multi-dimensional approach that at once (a) economically empowers ALHIV and their households and (b) trains, mentors, and supervises community members as lay mental health services providers. Mental health literacy programming can also be implemented to increase mental health knowledge, reduce stigma, and improve service use among ALHIV. Schools and HIV care clinics offer ideal environments for increasing mental health literacy and improving access to mental health services

Anxiety · Family medicine · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Loneliness · Mental health · Mental health literacy · Mental illness · Peer support · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Social isolation · Social stigma · Social support · Stigma (botany · Family Caregiving in Mental Illness · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Gerontology