A5064895399- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- HIV-related health complications and treatments
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Alcoholism and Thiamine Deficiency
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
- Ecology, Conservation, and Geographical Studies
- HIV/AIDS oral health manifestations
- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Health and Well-being Studies
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
2003-2023
Amsterdam University Medical Centers
2019-2023
Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
2004-2013
GGZ inGeest
2010
GGD Amsterdam
2008
University Medical Center
2006
University Hospital and Clinics
2006
Berlin Heart (Germany)
1930
HIV-infected patients are at increased risk of developing mental health symptoms, which negatively influence the treatment HIV-infection. Mental problems in may affect public health. Psychopathology, including depression and substance abuse, can increase hazardous sexual behaviour and, with it, chance spreading HIV. Therefore, it is important to develop an optimal plan for problems. The majority Netherlands (almost 60%) homosexual men. main objectives this study were describe clinical...
A representative general population sample (n = 7,076) was used to study retrospectively and prospectively the nature of relationship between co-morbid alcohol dependence anxiety disorders. Four different models were tested: (1) disorders increase risk dependence; (2) increases disorders; (3) family history or childhood traumatisation both disorders, (4) comorbid conditions are a separate psychopathological entity. The data show that does not precede onset do dependence, is very likely be...
Few studies have comprehensively compared severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccine-induced and hybrid B- T-cell responses in people with HIV (PWH) to those comparable controls without HIV. We included 195 PWH 246 from the AGEhIV COVID-19 substudy. A positive nucleocapsid antibody (INgezim IgA/IgM/IgG) or self-reported PCR test defined prior SARS-CoV-2 infection. anti-spike (anti-S) IgG titers anti-S production by memory B cells were assessed. Neutralizing...
Diagnosing symptoms of psychological distress can be challenging in migrants living with HIV (MLWH) Western Europe. We evaluated the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) as a screening tool for distress. Additionally, association between adherence to combination Antiretroviral Therapy (cART) was determined. Socio-demographic clinical characteristics, psychosocial variables, self-reported cART data were collected. 306/352 participants completed HADS. A HADS+ (≥15, at risk distress)...
It has been repeatedly stated that comorbid anxiety disorders predict poor outcome of alcoholism treatment. This statement is based on the high comorbidity alcohol use and disorders, negative influence other psychiatric treatment dependence. review focuses results alcohol-dependent patients with a disorder. We try to answer question whether should be treated in improve treatment.In search through Pubmed, Psychinfo Cochrane, we found only 12 articles this subject. distinguished three...
Aims: Despite claims that comorbid anxiety disorders tend to lead a poor outcome in the treatment of alcohol dependence, few studies on this topic show conflicting results. Objective: To test whether treatment-seeking alcohol-dependent patients with phobic disorder is worse than similar without disorder. Methods: The probabilities starting drink again and relapsing into regular heavy drinking (i) group 81 social phobia or agoraphobia were compared those (ii) 88 naturalistic follow-up using...
Background: Patients with a double diagnosis of alcohol dependence and phobic disorders are common phenomenon in both anxiety disorder clinics. If we to provide optimum treatment need know more about the clinical characteristics this group comorbid patients. Objective: To answer following questions. (1) What treatment-seeking alcohol-dependent patients disorder? (2) Are other different from those ‘pure’ patients? (3) symptoms Method: Three groups were compared on demographic characteristics:...
Clinical and epidemiological research has shown that comorbidity is the rule rather than exception in case of psychiatric disorders. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) been clearly demonstrated to be effective treating anxiety avoidance symptoms patient samples social phobia agoraphobia without comorbid alcohol use It recently treatment disorders alcohol-dependent patients can also very successful. The purpose present study was find predictors success for patients.The conducted a sample 34...
Pulmonary function impairments are more common among people living with HIV (PLWH), as contributing risk behaviors. To understand the effects of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection independent behaviors, pulmonary was evaluated in lifestyle-comparable HIV-infected and -uninfected AGEhIV cohort participants. Prevalence obstructive lung disease 544 529 HIV-uninfected participants determined using spirometry. Logistic regression used to assess a determinant disease. Additional...
In people living with HIV (PLWH), a positive association is often found between depressive symptoms and unsafe sex, which means sex without condom. However, the results of such studies are inconclusive. The present study compared numbers safe sexual contacts from men who have (MSM) (N = 159), attending mental health clinic, those HIV-negative MSM in general population 198). We determined whether presence was associated either two populations. were measured Inventory Depressive Symptoms...
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Abstract Background Little is known about the risk of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron infection in people with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV; PWH) vaccine-induced or hybrid immunity. We assessed incidence 209 AGEhIV disease 2019 substudy participants well-controlled HIV on antiretroviral therapy and 280 comparable controls, who had received at least primary vaccination series. Methods From September 2020 onward, were every 6 months for SARS-CoV-2...
People with HIV (PWH) experience a higher burden of ageing-associated comorbidities, the underlying mechanisms which remain to be fully elucidated. We aimed identify profiles based on immune, inflammatory, and ageing biomarkers in blood from PWH controls, explore their association total comorbidities over time.
Objectives: HIV-infected patients suffer from both physical and mental health symptoms treatment of is important. The 8-week Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (henceforth MBCT) was originally developed for easy to implement. It unknown, however, whether the addition MBCT psychiatric care as usual effective in long term feasible this group patients. We measured depressive anxiety symptoms, suicidal thoughts fatigue receiving with or without MBCT, at intake after one year. Methods: study...