Welcome and presentation

Chairs: Esteban Martínez & Jordi Blanch

Course session 1: HIV and CNS

• Speaker 1: Scott Letendre. University of California. San Diego, USA.
• Speaker 2: Andrea Calcagno. University of Torino. Italy.  

Course session 2: CNS opportunistic diseases

• Speaker 1: Paola Cinque. Hospital San Rafael. Milan, Italy.
• Speaker 2: Esteban Martínez. Hospital Clínic de Barcelona. Spain.

Coffee Break

Course session 3: Anxiety, depression and other psychiatric disorders

• Speaker 1: Annemiek Shade. Hospital Univ VU. Amsterdam, Netherlands.
• Speaker 2: Guida Da Ponte. Centro Hospitalar Barreiro-Montijo. Lisbon, Portugal.

Course session 4: Substance-related and addictive disorders

• Speaker1: Antoine Douaihy. University of Pittsburgh. USA
• Speaker2: Jordi Blanch. Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Spain

Lunch Break

Course session 5: Neurocognitive impairment and neurorehabilitation

• Speaker 1: Alan Winston. St. Mary’s Hospital. London, United Kingdom
• Speaker 2: Ignacio López-Valero. Hospital Reina Sofia. Córdoba, Spain.

Course session 6: Quality of life and psychological support

• Speaker 1: José Muñoz-Moreno. Lluita contra la SIDA Foundation. Barcelona, Spain.
• Speaker 2: Maria José Fuster. Universidad Nacional Educación a Distancia (UNED) and SEISIDA. Madrid, Spain.

Coffee Break

Plenary lecture: HIV with regard to mental health

Chair: Scott Letendre

Speaker: Tiffany Gooden. Institute of Applied Health Research. University of Birmingham. United Kingdom.

Advanced Update Session 1: Chemsex (review + last research)

Chair: Jordi Blanch

• Speaker 1: Gary G. Whitlock. Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. London, United Kingdom.
• Speaker 2: María Martínez-Rebollar. Hospital Clínic de Barcelona. Spain.

Discussants: Guida Da Ponte and Annemiek Schadé

Topics for the discussion:

• Biological or organic effects
• Psychopathological effects
• New and integrative data
• Models of care

Coffee Break

Advanced Update Session 2: Mental health and HIV worldwide (review + last research)

Chair: Esteban Martínez

• Speaker 1: Francine Cournos. Columbia University. New York. USA
• Speaker 2: David Grelotti. University of California. San Diego, USA.

Discussants: Alan Winston, Andrea Calcagno and Scott Letendre

Topics for the discussion:

• Access to care
• Stigma
• impact of social factors: housing, food insecurity
• childhood

Closure and farewell