HIV & AIDS Awareness for Mental Health Providers
While HIV and AIDS treatment has dramatically improved, there remains no cure. For mental health professionals, questions often arise of how to address risky sexual and drug-use behavior, and how to handle confidentiality concerns related to HIV status. In this workshop, counselors and therapists will learn about what HIV and AIDS are; the impact of HIV and AIDS on various populations; recent developments in treatment; how to address disclosure of an HIV diagnosis; and related confidentiality standards.
Content Advisory: This course includes discussion of sexual activity. To preserve confidentiality, case examples include fictionalized elements.
This course meets California BBS requirements for 7 hours of CE in HIV and AIDS Awareness during the first license renewal cycle.
Course Overview
ESTIMATED COURSE LENGTH: 7.03 hours
CE CREDITS: 7.00 continuing education/contact hours for social workers, psychologists, counselors, and marriage and family therapists
TARGET AUDIENCE: Mental Health Practitioners
LEVEL OF INSTRUCTION: Intermediate
PREREQUISITE(S): None
INSTRUCTIONAL METHOD: Recorded video format (non-interactive)
ACCESSIBILITY ACCOMMODATIONS: Closed captioning of audio components. In order to request further accessibility accommodations, please email support@psychhub.com.
COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS: To obtain your CE certificate, learners must complete a pre-test (not scored), progress through all course segments, complete a participant evaluation, and obtain a score of 80% or higher on a post-test. Learners are expected to complete the quiz within 3 attempts. If unable to do so, the learner will need to re-review the course segments.
FINANCIAL/COMMERCIAL SUPPORT STATEMENT: This course has no commercial support.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST: This course has no potential conflict of interest or outside commercial support. Psych Hub's conflict of interest statement is found in the footer of the training center.
GRIEVANCE AND REFUND POLICIES: Grievance and refund policies are found in the footer of the training center.
PARTICIPATION COSTS: The cost to participate in this CE activity is included in the subscription registration fee.
COURSE CREATION DATE: 1/11/2022
Learning Objectives
By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Identify at least two major differences in the medical treatment of HIV today versus 20 years ago
- Identify at least two common impacts of an HIV diagnosis on people and their families
- Describe at least three common clinician biases related to HIV and AIDS
- Describe at least three principles for working with clients diagnosed with HIV
- List at least two barriers to HIV treatment adherence
- Describe at least two appropriate clinician responses to client disclosure of HIV status
- Identify at least two reasons why professional associations discourage laws requiring mental health professionals to report high-risk behavior to partners or public health authorities
Course Outline
- Background
- Terminology
- History of HIV/AIDS
- Social and cultural responses
- Treatment
- Current treatments
- Risk reduction
- Treatment adherence
- Mental health
- Living with HIV
- Working with HIV-positive or high-risk populations
- Understanding the population
- Assessing clinician bias
- Reducing clinician bias
- Mental health assessment and treatment
- Inquiring about HIV status
- Risk assessment
- Encouraging testing
- Disclosure of HIV status
- Crisis assessment
- Treatment planning
- Legal and Ethical Issues
- Confidentiality
- Documentation of HIV status
- Access to records
CE Information
American Psychological Association (APA)
Psych Hub is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Psych Hub maintains responsibility for this program and its content. Psychologists completing this course receive 7.00 continuing education credits.Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
Psych Hub, #1750, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 08/20/2024 – 08/20/2027. Social workers completing this course receive 7.00 clinical continuing education credits.Social workers completing this course receive {ce_credit} general continuing education credits.
California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT)
Psych Hub is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs. Psych Hub maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. CAMFT Approval #1000074. Course meets the qualifications for 7.00 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)
Psych Hub has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7051. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Psych Hub is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. Counselors completing this course receive 7.00 continuing education hours.New York State Education Department - Licensed Mental Health Counselors (NYSED-LMHC)
Psych Hub, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors. #MHC-0257. New York State licensed mental health counselors completing this course receive 7.00 contact hours.New York State Education Department - Marriage & Family Therapists (NYSED-MFT)
Psych Hub, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0109. New York State marriage and family therapists completing this course receive 7.00 contact hours.New York State Education Department - Psychology (NYSED-PSY)
Psych Hub, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0208. New York State licensed psychologists completing this course receive 7.00 contact hours.New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work (NYSED-SW)
Psych Hub, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0699. New York State social workers completing this course receive 7.00 contact hours.Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling
Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling Provider Number 50-45376. Participants completing this course earn 7.00 continuing education credits.Experts
