@fizkes/ShutterstockHIV-positive men with depression who do not take antidepressants are four times as likely to have poor adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART), Dr Yung-Feng Yen and colleagues report in PLoS ONE. The study also found that those without antidepressants had worse psychological, social, and environmental health-related quality of life compared to those using antidepressants.
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