Study Shows Depression Worsens HIV Treatment

Publisher: 
Sexual Health Network
Author: 
Kaiser Permanente
Published Date: 
2008
Abstract: 
The largest study to examine the effect of depression on HIV treatment found that depression significantly worsens a patient's adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy and clinical measures, but that effective antidepressant medication can reverse this outcome, according to a study by the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research and the Group Health Cooperative published in the current online issue of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.