HIV: How Can the Mental Health Field Help Prevent HIV Infection

Target audience and instructional level of this course: foundational

There is no known conflict of interest or commercial support related to this CE program.

TRAINING

Course Description

Despite the tremendous benefit of anti-retroviral medicines, prevention of HIV infection remains the ideal outcome. The mental health field continues to play a key role in HIV prevention efforts. In this course factors that contribute to safe and unsafe sexual behaviors are presented. The course also outlines recent mental health and other interventions that can reduce risk for HIV infection.

Learning Objectives

After completing this training the professional will be able to:

• identify factors that contribute to safe and unsafe sexual behaviors.
• describe mental health and other interventions that can reduce risk for HIV infection.

Author(s)/Reference(s)

Published by the Center for Mental Health Services and SAMHSA