Author's response to reviews Title: Some peace of mind: assessing a pilot intervention to promote mental health among widows of injecting drug users in north-east India Authors:

Some peace of mind: assessing a pilot intervention to promote mental health among widows of injecting drug users in north-east India

BACKGROUND HIV prevalence in north-east India is high and injecting drug use (IDU) is common. Due to HIV-related deaths there are increasing numbers of IDU widows, many of whom are HIV infected, and experiencing poor health, social isolation, discrimination and poverty, all factors likely to be compromising their mental health. There is increasing recognition of the links between HIV and mental...

A participatory intervention to improve the mental health of widows of injecting drug users in north-east India as a strategy for HIV prevention

BACKGROUND Manipur and Nagaland, in the north-east of India, are classified as high prevalence states for HIV, and intravenous drug use is an important route of transmission. Most injecting drug users (IDUs) are men, an estimated 40% are married, and death rates have been high in the last five years, consequently the number of widows of IDUs has increased. Many of these widows and their childre...

Author's response to reviews Title: Traumatic events, other operational stressors and physical and mental health reported by Australian Defence Force personnel following peace-keeping and war-like deployments Authors:

Study on Prevalence of Alcohol Abuse among Injecting Drug Users in Tehran and 5 Major Cities of Iran

Background: Alcohol use could be a risk factor for high risk sexual behaviors and injection especially among injecting drug users (IDUs). Data presented in this abstract extracted from the “Study on situation of HIV, Latent Tuberculosis (TB) and Active TB Infection among IDUs Receiving Harm Reduction Services in Tehran and 5 large cities in Iran” which had been conducted from June to December 2...

Author's response to reviews Title: Frequency, factors and costs associated with injection site infections: findings from a national multi-site survey of injecting drug users in England. Authors: