Integrating psychosocial interventions and support into HIV services for adolescents and young adults

technical brief

• Author(s): World Health Organization,
• Publisher: World Health Organization
• Pages: 26
• ISBN_10: 9240071474
  ISBN_13: 9789240071476
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Medical / AIDS & HIV , Social Science / Disease & Health Issues ,

Description:... This technical brief seeks to establish the importance of implementing psychosocial interventions to optimize HIV outcomes and support mental health for adolescents and young people living with HIV; to provide evidence included in the recent WHO guidelines to educate on how this can and has been done; and to chart a way forward for the integration of mental health and HIV services for this population. It provides approaches and examples of integration of interventions within health services.