Thursday, October 16, 2025

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM

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Integrating mental health, harm reduction services and hepatitis care has become increasingly essential. Studies have found that people living with severe mental illness have an increased prevalence of hepatitis B and hepatitis C in comparison to the general population. Screening in mental health care settings, both inpatient and community care, is an important part of a comprehensive hepatitis elimination response. This session will focus on the expansion of the NOhep Medical Visionaries programme and the efforts to bridge the gap between hepatitis and mental health care. The session will build upon the discussions started at INSHU 2024, and will highlight the progress made since then and set out a roadmap for how integrating mental health within hepatitis and harm reduction responses can help to achieve hepatitis elimination. During the session we will share resources and create a community of practice by fostering collaboration between hepatologists, psychiatrists, mental health practitioners, and those in the harm reduction space. Through this we aim to enhance patient care, improve testing and treatment adherence and reduce stigma.

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