This webinar will provide an overview about the AIDS pandemic from a historical as well as a current perspective. Communicates historically  impacted by HIV, their families, as well health care provider stress will be  highlighted in order to appreciate how the traumatic legacy of an AIDS diagnosis is experienced in the present. Trends in current treatment modalities and   psychosocial issues be defined in order for providers to possess essential clinical skills in treating this population.

Objectives: 

• Understand clinical implications of treating HIV patients and their families from a historical and current perspective.

• Learn how to provide best social service and mental health services to existing or future patients.

• Define the differences in psychosocial issues related to HIV between the past and the present.

• Develop greater skills in speaking about HIV and asking their patients relevant questions.

• Learn about micro-aggressions and how to eliminate bias in their treatment settings.