Ndera Neuropsychiatric Teaching Hospital, HIV and Mental Health Service provides integrated care of HIV/Mental health. It refers to the ways of managing the patients with comorbidities, HIV/AIDs and mental health through interdisciplinary health care as part of HIV prevention, diagnosis and management. It has 7 staff members, namely, a Medical Doctor, two Mental Health Nurses, Clinical Psychologist, Lab technician, Data Danager and Social Worker.
The following are the cores services of the HIV/mental health Integration service:
- PIT (Provider Initiative Test)
- HIV testing and counseling
- HIV prevention, PEP and PREP to patient with mental Illness
- Linkage patient to care and treatment (ARVs)
- Sensitization and psycho education on HIV/AIDs to patient with mental problems
- Psychiatric and Medical consultation to patient with co morbidities (HIV/AIDS and mental illness
- Home visit and follow up to patient for promoting adherence
- Support group for patient with these co morbidities
- Psychosocial assessment and support for patient with co morbidities
- Psychological support
- ARVs and Neuroleptic drug monitoring
Additional scopes services of HIV/MH integration service
- Mentorships on HIV/MH integration program to 30 District hospitals
- Strengthen knowledge on HIV mental health integrated care to health care providers from DHs and Health centers through training and case sharing strategies.
- Mental ill patient association visit through HIV/Mental health integration program across the country.