BACKGROUND Injection drug use (IDU) and heterosexual virus transmission both contribute to the growing mixed HIV epidemics in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. In Ukraine-chosen in this study as a representative country-IDU-related risk behaviors cause half of new infections, but few injection drug users (IDUs) receive methadone substitution therapy. Only 10% of eligible individuals receive anti...

BACKGROUND India has more than 5.7 million people infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In 2004, the Indian government began providing antiretroviral therapy (ART), and there are now an estimated 56 500 people receiving ART. OBJECTIVE To project the life expectancy, cost, and cost-effectiveness associated with different strategies for using ART in India, to inform treatment progra...

The art of practice in occupational therapy is intrinsically centered on relationships, on the qualities that make relationships meaningful, and on the meaning of occupation in a life. Demands from today's health care system make it increasingly difficult for practitioners to engage in meaningful relationships with their patients. The art of practice, jeopardized by the health care system, requ...

* What is therapy? I recently heard a conversation on the position-to-be of art therapy, and a few points came to mind that I should like to try and summarise. Firstly, is there not some confusion in the nomenclature of various types of therapy? We have expressions meaning therapy-of-such and such: .thus speech therapy; and therapy-toy such and such, for example chemo-therapy or group therapy. ...

Concepts of performance in fine art reflect key processes in music therapy. Music therapy enables practitioners to reframe patients as performers, producing new meanings around the clinical knowledge attached to medical histories and constructs. In this paper, music therapy practices are considered in the wider context of art history, with reference to allied theories from social research. Trac...

Finding more effective treatments for Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is important to lessen the suffering, stigma, and heavy use on the mental health system. Art Therapy may help with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder with Borderline Personality Disorder according to current trends and neurobiological findings on how the trauma response works in the...

Art therapists recently assembled a list of desirable features for an art therapy app. The Art Therapy Draw! app includes two of them in its design: a portfolio option, and stronger security. Five art therapists evaluated the app through a System Usability Scale (SUS). The evaluation revealed both positive qualities of the program and areas requiring improvement. Overall, the layout of the app ...

OBJECTIVE Common psychosocial difficulties experienced by cancer patients are fatigue, depression, anxiety, and existential and relational concerns. Art therapy is one intervention being developed to address these difficulties. The purpose of this research was to assess and synthesize the available research evidence for the use of art therapy in the management of symptoms in adults with cancer....

BACKGROUND Long-acting antiretroviral therapy (LA-ART) is currently under development and could improve outcomes for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals with poor daily ART adherence. METHODS We used a computer simulation model to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of 3 LA-ART strategies vs daily oral ART for all: (1) LA-ART for patients with multiple ART failures; (2) second...