…of my first stint writing for our blog site, I have reflected on a range of readings I have been engaged with over the last two months – from biomedical insights into HIV-AIDS to those covering the biopsychosocial. Perhaps the most insightful comment I have read (and which also came as a revelation to a number of Drs I know) was written by Dr Eugene Farber - ‘untreated mental health disorders are associated with decreased HIV primary health care access, reduced medical adherence, lower retention in care, and poor overall health outcomes’. Surely, any reflection on this observation will result in a call for significant changes in the way so many agencies offer HIV-AIDS treatment and care (ie without mental health) at the present time? - John Minto (jminto@gedefoundation.org)