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Center for Mental Health Research on AIDS, NIMH, NIH, HHS

Mission statement:

The Center for Mental Health Research on AIDS supports domestic and international studies to: develop behavior change and prevention strategies to reduce the transmission of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs); develop and test interventions to reduce the neuropsychiatric morbidity associated with HIV infection; clarify the impact on HIV risk behaviors of using new biomedical technologies (e.g., rapid testing, vaccines, microbicides); clarify the pathophysiology of HIV CNS infection and associated motor/cognitive disturbances; identify the role of couples, families, and communities in preventing and adapting to HIV/STDs; develop therapeutic agents to prevent or reverse the effects of HIV on the CNS; and improve the effectiveness and efficiency of mental health services relevant to HIV infection and people living with HIV and co-occurring mental illness.

Contact Information:

Center for Mental Health Research on AIDS, NIMH, NIH, HHS
6001 Executive Blvd., Room 6217/MSC 9621
Rockville MD 20857

Internet address: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/dahbr/9a-as.cfm

Phone number(s):

(301) 443-9700 Director

Fax number:

(301) 443-9719

Related topics:

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• AIDS/ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME
• HIV / HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS
• MENTAL HEALTH
• PREVENTION
• RESEARCH

NWHIC record number O-3101