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1. HIV/AIDS AND MENTAL ILLNESS: TODAY’S CHALLENGE Prof SegganeMusisi MD, FRCP (C) Department Of Psychiatry Makerere University Global Mental Health and Africa: Opportunities, Challenges And Collaborations Mbarara University Of Science And Technology: Aug. 15th - 16th , 2011
2. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES ACADEMIC ALLIANCE FOR AIDS CARE AND PREVENTION IN AFRICA (IDI) UGANDAN MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATIONS: UPA, APRO, MHRC RESEARCH GRANTS: ARCH, ROGERS FOUNDATION, SIDA/SAREC, USHS, FULBRIGHT COMMISSION, NIH. MY STUDENTS AND RESEARCH COLLEAGUES
13. PROGRESSION OF THE EPIDEMIC STARTED IN EARLY 1980s MOST ADVANCED & SERIOUS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA LINKED TO POVERTY & LOW EDUCATION 70% OF PLWHA ARE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA RAN ITS COURSE, PEAKED & HAS SHOWN DIFFERENT WAVES.
14. OBSERVATIONS :THE AIDS WAVES EARLY 1980s – FIRST AIDS CASES INFECTION WAVE Very physically ill – Wasted : SLIM Disease Early death Ran mad : Bewitched (From Tanzania) DEATH WAVE Widows Orphans ORPHAN WAVE COTOs HIV-positive Adolescents THE ELDERLY HIV- POSITIVE WAVE Effect of HAART Effect Of Ageing
43. ADJUSTMENT AND REACTIVE DISORDERS ACUTE STRESS DISORDER SUICIDALITY ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS: WITH ANXIOUS MOOD WITH DEPRESSED MOOD WITH DISTURBENCE OF CONDUCT WITH MIXED FEATURES
53. PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS HIV-RELATED PSYCHOSIS: SCHIZOPHRENIA-LIKE PARANOID MIXED PRE-EXISTING SCHIZOPHRENIA Maling’s et al: (2011). AIDS Care, Vol. 23, No. 2, 171-178 18.4% Prevalence in First Episode Psychosis F>M; Older age of onset (41 years). More auditory, visual & tactile hallucinations. More likely to remit.
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55. The IHDS can screen for Dementia in Uganda/Africa
58. Nakasujja N et al(2010): BMC Psychiatry 10:44Depressive & cognitive symptoms are common in HIV/AIDS Cognitive deficits persist despite adequate treatment for depression
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60. About 60% reported having lived in visiting unions at one point
61. Conclusion: Considerable flexibility, variability and volatility of marital unions & conjugal practices among the HIV-positive TASO clients.DISCORDANT COUPLES: 10% WIDOWS: 30%
62. DISCLOSURE OF HIV STATUS TO PARTNERLwanga Musisi (2011): BA (Social Anthropology) Thesis. MUK.
65. HIV/AIDS AND CHILDREN(Wakhweya et al, 2000) ORPHANS >2 million orphans in Uganda, >14 million orphans in Africa Types of Orphans: Paternal orphans (50%) Double orphans (30%) Maternal Orphans (20%) Classification Of AIDS orphans: HIV-positive orphans Have all the neuropsychiatric disorders, many physical illnesses associated with HIV + psychosocial problems HIV-negative orphans Have only psychosocial problems but no major disorders Elderly caretakers (30%), Child-headed households Poverty , Prostitution, Destitution Mother to Child Transmission (25%) >90% of infected children are orphans >60% are in stage III of illness by 10 yrs
66. Impact Of HIV/AIDS-related Parental Death On Children’s Home Life Increased: . Poverty . Household responsibility . Psychosocial distress . Vulnerability to sexual & labor abuse, . Stigma and isolation . Hunger and malnutrition Reduced: - Access to food - Access to health services - Access to school - Material goods : clothes, supplies - Guidance, protection, and love
78. ELDERLY HIV-POSITIVES NEW WAVE & INCREASING ↑ STIGMA, ↑ SECRECY, with ↓ACCESS TO CARE MULTIPLE PHYSICAL & MENTAL PROBLEMS HAD Vs OTHER DEMENTIAs SEXUALLY ACTIVE, SOME HAD >1 PARTNER. FEW USED CONDOMS ↓ SOCIAL SUPPORT, ARV TREATMENT & CLINIC ATTENDANCE NO SPECIFICALLY TARGETTED PREVENTION PROGRAMS LAXITY OF CARE ON THE PART OF THE STAFF