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HIV & Mental Health Scenario

Malcolm has been living with HIV since he was a baby, at 13 he moved to boarding school. He has to hide his HIV medication, so his friends don’t find out he is HIV positive. Taking his tablets at certain times has been really difficult and he doesn’t want to miss out of on things happening with friends, so he has started to miss days of medication. He has started to feel ill on some days but is trying to just ignore it.

What should Malcolm do?

If he feels ok he can just take medicine when he needs it

Ignore it , its better just to be with friends

He needs to talk to a doctor and get back on the medication and to be checked for other issues

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