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Community Health and Preventive Medicine
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Women and HIV;; Depression treatment;; Psychopharmacology;; Psychotherapy;; ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY;; WORLD-HEALTH-ORGANIZATION;; QUALITY-OF-LIFE;; UNITED-STATES;; MENTAL-HEALTH;; PRIMARY-CARE;; MAJOR;; DEPRESSION;; SEROPOSITIVE WOMEN;; BEHAVIORAL-MODEL;; AFRICAN-AMERICAN;; Public
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Full-Text Articles in Medicine and Health Sciences
Do Hiv-Positive Women Receive Depression Treatment That Meets Best Practice Guidelines?, J. A. Cook, J. K. Burke-Miller, D. D. Grey, J. Cocohoba, C. L. Liu, R. M. Schwartz, E. T. Golub, K. Anastos, P. J. Steigman, M. H. Cohen
Do Hiv-Positive Women Receive Depression Treatment That Meets Best Practice Guidelines?, J. A. Cook, J. K. Burke-Miller, D. D. Grey, J. Cocohoba, C. L. Liu, R. M. Schwartz, E. T. Golub, K. Anastos, P. J. Steigman, M. H. Cohen
Journal Articles
This study addressed whether psychopharmacologic and psychotherapeutic treatment of depressed HIV+ women met standards defined in the best practice literature, and tested hypothesized predictors of standard-concordant care. 1,352 HIV-positive women in the multi-center Women's Interagency HIV Study were queried about depressive symptoms and mental health service utilization using standards published by the American Psychiatric Association and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to define adequate depression treatment. We identified those who: (1) reported clinically significant depressive symptoms (CSDS) using Centers for Epidemiological Studies-Depression Scale scores of a parts per thousand yen16; or (2) had lifetime diagnoses of major depressive …