Challenges to HIV Care and Psychological Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among People Living with HIV in China

Shufang Sun^{1

2}, Jianhua Hou³, Yaokai Chen⁴, Yanqiu Lu⁴, Larry Brown^{5

6}, Don Operario⁷

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA. shufang_sun@brown.edu.
² Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI, USA. shufang_sun@brown.edu.
³ YouAn Hospital, Center for Infectious Diseases, Beijing, China.
⁴ Chongqing Public Health Medical Center, Infectious Diseases Clinics, Chongqing, China.
⁵ Department of Psychiatry, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA.
⁶ Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI, USA.
⁷ Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, USA.

Shufang Sun et al. AIDS Behav. 2020 Oct.

. 2020 Oct;24(10):2764-2765.

doi: 10.1007/s10461-020-02903-4.

Shufang Sun^{1

2}, Jianhua Hou³, Yaokai Chen⁴, Yanqiu Lu⁴, Larry Brown^{5

6}, Don Operario⁷

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA. shufang_sun@brown.edu.
² Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI, USA. shufang_sun@brown.edu.
³ YouAn Hospital, Center for Infectious Diseases, Beijing, China.
⁴ Chongqing Public Health Medical Center, Infectious Diseases Clinics, Chongqing, China.
⁵ Department of Psychiatry, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA.
⁶ Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI, USA.
⁷ Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI, USA.

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