Publications by authors named "A Breslow"
Older women with HIV face challenges to their quality of life, including neurocognitive decline, early-onset menopause, and chronic health issues. Chief among these concerns is depression, the most common psychiatric comorbidity among people living with HIV, with rates twice as high among women as men. However, tailored interventions among older women living with HIV and depression are lacking.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDeveloping affirming interventions for transgender and nonbinary (TNB) therapy clients requires understanding their experiences with microaggressions in psychotherapy, yet no self-report measure of anti-TNB microaggressions in this context exists. Moreover, few studies have tested the associations between anti-TNB microaggressions and therapy processes. To better address the burden of unmet mental health care needs among TNB people, this three-study investigation designed and tested the psychometric properties of the Gender Identity and Expression Microaggressions in Therapy Scale (GIEMTS), a measure of TNB individuals' encounters with microaggressions in psychotherapy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Racial and ethnic disparities in exposure to COVID-19-related stressors, pandemic-related distress, and adverse mental health outcomes were assessed among health care workers in the Bronx, New York, during the first wave of the pandemic.
Methods: The authors analyzed survey data from 992 health care workers using adjusted logistic regression models to assess differential prevalence of outcomes by race/ethnicity and their interactions.
Results: Compared with their White colleagues, Latinx, Black, Asian, and multiracial/other health care workers reported significantly higher exposure to multiple COVID-19-related stressors: redeployment, fear of being sick, lack of autonomy at work, and inadequate access to personal protective equipment.
Article Synopsis
- Hospitalizations are common and expensive for people living with HIV (PLWH), with 45% experiencing at least one non-psychiatric hospitalization from 2009 to 2018.
- Key risk factors for these hospitalizations include prior psychiatric treatment, depression, alcohol-related disorders, being female, older age, low CD4 counts, and detectable viral loads.
- The study highlights the importance of customized interventions, like integrated treatment and case management, specifically for PLWH with mental health issues, women, and older individuals.