HIV/AIDS: An Overview

Course overview

As a result of advanced treatment options and increased access to quality health care, the number of people diagnosed with human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) has been decreasing in the United States. With proper diagnosis and treatment, people can live symptom-free for a significant length of time. Comprehensive prevention strategies and education for human services and mental healthcare clinicians, including social workers, psychologists, marriage and family therapists, counselors, and their patients is important to help reduce the spread of the disease. Although it remains a chronic condition without a cure, new treatment guidelines and antiretroviral drugs have provided hope for individuals infected with HIV to live longer. Continuing education for those human service and mental healthcare professionals caring for men, women and children with HIV/AIDS helps to assess behavioral risk, offer pre- and post-diagnosis counseling, dispel myths and reduce stigma, enhance a fuller understanding of best practice trends, and improve prevention strategies to avoid transmission of the disease and complications associated with disease progression and/or treatment. Please visit ce4less.com for information about our unlimited plans.