HIV/AIDS: Practical Strategies

This workshop is designed for practicing clinicians who diagnose, treat, and manage patients with, or at risk for, HIV/AIDS. Faculty will discuss symptoms and signs of cognitive decline, identify the factors warranting exclusion of these disorders, and review the diagnostic issues and assessment criteria for HIV-associated cognitive disorders. Faculty will also discuss the therapeutic and pharmacological strategies for managing impairment. A combination of case studies, interactive audience participation, and lecture will be used for this workshop. A resource guide will be provided to participants.

A panel of experts will present a special program designed for psychiatry residents. It provides practical information on neuropsychiatric aspects of HIV, drug-drug interactions, ethical dilemmas in treating patients with HIV, and a model for complex clinical decision making. Discussion and case studies will allow residents time to deepen and integrate the lecture material. RSVP by May 1 by calling (703) 907-8641 or e-mailing mmckitty{at}psych.org.

This comprehensive symposium reviews the latest challenges that face people with HIV and AIDS and how psychiatric care can help to meet those challenges. The program includes a medical update to provide epidemiological information, guidelines for antiretroviral therapy, and considerations for patients with psychiatric comorbidities; a neuropsychiatric overview presenting epidemiology, differential diagnosis, and the role of the psychiatrist in prevention; and information on neurocognitive decline including pathophysiology, diagnostic criteria, and pharmacologic treatment.