We must improve mental services for people with HIV
Last updated:Dr Alexander Margetts writes that although not everyone who’s living with HIV needs mental health support, services must be improved for those that need them.
Dr Alexander Margetts writes that although not everyone who’s living with HIV needs mental health support, services must be improved for those that need them.
Today is World Mental Health Day and this year’s theme - 'Mental Health in an Unequal World’ - is a fitting one. Like HIV, poor mental health can affect us all. Yet we know that its impact on different groups is not equal, instead reflecting wider social, economic and health inequalities.
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