Michigan News
Insurance Assistance Program Application
Check-List
This is a new check-list that may
help case managers and/or clients ensure that the IAP/IAP-Plus Application
Application revised 8/08
is completed before mailing it off. This check-list, provided by the
Insurance Assistance Plus Program Program Coordinator, is to minimize
delays created by applications received that are missing information.
National News
Certain manifestations of stigma especially
hurtful for people with HIV
aidsmap news (11.10.09)
Specific manifestations of HIV-related stigma best
predict psychological distress in HIV-positive individuals, Dutch investigators
report in the November edition of AIDS. These include difficulties with
healthcare workers and lack of frankness within the family, but also exaggerated
kindness from family members.
Read More at aidsmap
GSK and Pfizer launch
joint HIV venture, ViiV Healthcare
The pharmaceutical companies
GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer announced today that the joint venture created by the
merger of their HIV divisions is called ViiV Healthcare. The deal was first
announced in April, and aims to improve the two companies’ position in the HIV
market by cutting costs, sharing research and combining sales operations.
Read More at aidsmap
With Nearly 100 People, Kentucky ADAP Waiting List Is Longest in U.S.
Kentucky’s AIDS drug assistance program (ADAP), which offers free or
inexpensive drugs to low-income HIV-positive residents, has the longest waiting
list in the country, The Associated Press reports. More than 1,200 people are
enrolled in the program, and nearly 100 are on the waiting list, which started
in June. As of last month, eight states have ADAP waiting lists. Nebraska has
the second longest, with 75 people awaiting treatment assistance. Read more at
POZ
http://www.poz.com/articles/kentucky_adap_waiting_hiv_1_17517.shtml
Fall 2009 Issue of Mental Health AIDS Released
AIDSinfo At-A-Glance Volume 5 Issue 40
Mental Health AIDS, a quarterly biopsychosocial research update on HIV and
mental health, is sponsored by the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) of
the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and is
disseminated free of charge through the SAMHSA Web site in both PDF and HTML
formats.
The Fall 2009 issue features "Psychotherapy Select:
The Science of Matching Clients to Treatment."
In this tool box, a new instrument for identifying individuals who
are "ready" for therapy is introduced. The discussion then centers on
research findings that can help to promote productive matches between clinicians
and clients. These findings also can help clinicians to select the type of
therapy that holds the greatest promise for a positive clinical outcome. The
tool box concludes with a focus on the development of an HIV-related pain
management intervention and client characteristics associated with beneficial
results.
More information is available:
AIDS Activists Issue Grades to Drug Companies
September 10, 2009
Merck won the highest grade and Abbott Laboratories flunked in a report card
being issued Thursday by a prominent group of AIDS treatment activists after a
yearlong study of the actions of nine major pharmaceutical companies to address
the contagion in the United States.
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