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Addressing Behavioral Health Needs During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Patients with HIV and the Health Care Team

Addressing Behavioral Health Needs During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Patients with HIV and the Health
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COPYRIGHT: Videos of live meetings of PRN in NYC are owned and published by Physicians' Research Network, Inc. Copyright © 2021. All rights reserved.
COLLABORATION STATEMENT: The AIDS Institute is proud of the ongoing collaboration between the Clinical Education Initiative (CEI) and Physicians Research Network (PRN). Founded in 1990, PRN has a well-established reputation for spotlighting the work of the most innovative and influential leaders in the HIV treatment, prevention and research fields through its monthly meetings in New York City. Since 2010, CEI has featured recordings of PRN's monthly events through the CEI website. The combined efforts of both educational institutions have enhanced the continuing educational resources available to New York State clinicians caring for people living with, or at risk for HIV.
Original Release Date: 1/13/2021
Termination Date: 01/12/2023
Review Date: 5/3/2021
Presenter
  • Francine Cournos, MD
    Professor of Clinical Psychiatry (in Epidemiology)
    Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons
Presenter Bio
Francine Cournos, MD
Francine Cournos, M.D. is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry (in Epidemiology) at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University and Co-Principal Investigator of the Northeast/Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center. Over the past 37 years, she has engaged in clinical work and obtained research and training grants focused on the interface of HIV infection and behavioral health conditions. She has extensive local, national and international experience in projects focused on integrating mental health care and psychosocial supports into HIV care, including projects in Ethiopia, Rwanda, Tanzania and South Africa. Dr. Cournos has participated in HIV and behavioral health clinical practice guidelines for the New York State AIDS Institute, the American Psychiatric Association, the US National HIV Curriculum, and the World Health Organization. She has published more than 160 articles and book chapters, primarily on HIV and mental health, and has educated thousands of health care providers on this topic.
Continuing Education Credit

This CME activity was approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ on January 13, 2021 and will terminate January 12, 2023.


The target audience is all Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, and Physician Assistants caring for people at risk for, or infected with HIV and/or viral hepatitis.


This online video and post-activity evaluation are one hour in length.

  • After you complete the video portion of this educational activity there will be a post-activity evaluation and quiz.
  • You must achieve at least 70% correct to receive your CME certificate.
  • If successful, you will be provided instructions to print your CME certificate at the completion of this activity.

 Accreditation Statement

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) and the Physicians’ Research Network (PRN). MSSNY is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.


The Medical Society of the State of New York designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure Statement 

Policies and standards of MSSNY require that speakers and planners for CME activities disclose any relevant financial relationships they may have with commercial interests whose products, devices or services may be discussed in the content of a CME activity.  

  • Dr. James Braun (Planner/Course Director) has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
  • Dr. William M. Valenti (Moderator) has no relevant financial relationships to disclose
  • Dr. Francine Cournos (Presenter) has no relevant financial relationships to disclose. Dr. Cournos will support her presentation and clinical recommendations with the best available evidence from the medical literature, and will submit her slides in advance for adequate peer review.  

This meeting of the Physicians’ Research Network (PRN) and enduring material were funded in part by educational grants from: Gilead Sciences, Janssen Therapeutics (a division of Janssen Products, LP), Merck & Co., and ViiV Healthcare.

Details: 

  • This online video and post-activity evaluation are one hour in length. 
  • After you complete the video portion of this educational activity there will be a post-activity evaluation and quiz. 
  • You must achieve at least 70% correct to receive your CME certificate. 
  • If successful, you will be provided instructions to print your CME certificate at the completion of this activity.
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