PUBLICATIONS

(Selected publications in chronological order)

Levenson R.L., Jr., Mellins C.A.: Pediatric HIV/AIDS: What psychologists need to know. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 23:410-415,1992.

Levenson R.L., Jr., Mellins C.A., Zawadzki R., Kairam R.: Cognitive assessment of HIV-infected children. American Journal of Diseases of Children, 146:1479-1483,1992.

Mellins C.A., Blum M.J., Boyd-Davis S.L., Gatz M.: Family network perspectives on caregiving. Generations, Winter/Spring, 21-24, 1993.

Mellins C.A., Ehrhardt A.A.: Families affected by pediatric AIDS: Sources of stress and coping. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 15:S54-S60, 1994.

Mellins C.A., Levenson R.L., Zawadzki R., Kairam R., Weston M.: Effects of pediatric HIV-infection and pre-natal drug exposure on mental and psychomotor development. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 19:617-628, 1994.

Mellins C.A., Ehrhardt A.A., Newman L., Conard M.: "Selective Kin": Defining the caregivers and families of children with HIV disease. In: A. O'Leary, L.S. Jemmott (Eds.), Women and AIDS: Coping and Care. New York: Plenum, pp. 123-149, 1996.

Mellins C.A., Gatz M., Baker L.A.: Children's methods of coping with stress: A twin study of genetic and environmental influences. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 37:721-730, 1996.

Havens J.F., Mellins C.A., Ryan S. The mental health treatment of children and families affected by HIV-AIDS. In L. Wicks (Ed.), AIDS and Psychotherapy. Washington D.C.: Taylor and Francis, pp. 101-114, 1997.

Rosen L., Mellins C.A., Ryan S. Havens J. Family therapy with HIV/AIDS affected families. In: L. Wicks (Ed.), AIDS and Psychotherapy. Washington DC: Taylor and Francis, pp. 115-141, 1997.

Mellins C.A., Ehrhardt A.A., Grant W.F.: Psychiatric symptomatology and psychological functioning in HIV-infected mothers. AIDS and Behavior, 1:233-244, 1997.

Ryan S. Havens J., Mellins C.A. Psychotherapy with HIV-affected adolescents. In: L. Wicks (Ed.), AIDS and Psychotherapy. Washington D. C.: Taylor and Francis, pp. 143-164, 1997.

Mellins C.A., Ehrhardt A.A., Grant W.F.: Psychiatric symptomatology and psychological functioning in HIV-infected mothers. AIDS and Behavior, 1:233-244, 1997.

Arpadi S.M., Mellins C.A., Havens J.: Babies. In: R.A. Smith (Ed.), Encyclopedia of AIDS: A Social, Political, Cultural, and Scientific Record of the Epidemic. Chicago and London: Fitzroy-Dearborn, Inc., pp. 93-95, 1998.

Mellins C.A., Havens J., Arpadi S.M.: Children. In: R.A. Smith (Ed.), Encyclopedia of AIDS: A Social, Political, Cultural, and Scientific Record of the Epidemic. Chicago and London: Fitzroy-Dearborn, Inc., pp., 128-131, 1998.

Mellins C.A., Ehrhardt A.A., Rapkin B., Havens J.F.: Psychosocial factors associated with adaptation in HIV-infected mothers. AIDS and Behavior, 4:317-328, 2000.

Grant W.F., Mellins C.A., Levensen R.L., Arpadi S., Kairam R.: Effects of Pediatric HIV Infection, prenatal drug exposure, and neurological diagnosis on mental and psychomotor development. Journal of Pediatric Psychology 25:583-587, 2000.

Smith R., Malee K., Charurat M., Magder L., Mellins C.A., Macmillan C., Hittleman J., Lasky T., Llorente A., Moye J. for the NIH NIAID/NICHD/NIDA sponsored Women and Infant Transmission Study Group: Timing of HIV-1 infection and rate of neurodevelopmental decline. Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 19:862-871, 2000.

Mellins C.A., Brackis-Cott E., Dolezal C., Richards A., Nicholas A., Abrams E.: Patterns of HIV status disclosure to perinatally infected HIV-positive children and subsequent mental health outcomes. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 7:101-114, 2001.

Mellins C.A., Havens J.F., McCaskill F., Leu C.S., Brudney K., Chesney M.: Mental health substance use and disclosure are significantly associated with the medical treatment adherence of HIV-infected mothers. Psychology, Health, and Medicine, 7:451-460, 2002.

Havens J.F., Mellins C.A., Hunter J.: Psychiatric aspects of HIV/AIDS in childhood and adolescence. In: M. Rutter, E. Taylor (Eds)., Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Modern Approaches, 4th Ed. Oxford, UK Blackwell, 828-841, 2002.

Brackis-Cott, E.J., Mellins, C.A., Block, M.: Current life concerns of early adolescents and their mothers: Influence of maternal HIV. Journal of Early Adolescents, 23:51-77, 2003.

Brackis-Cott, E.J., Mellins, C.A., Reval, T., Abrams, E.J., Dolezal, C.: Pediatric HIV medication adherence: The view of medical providers from two primary care programs. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 17:1-8, 2003.

Dolezal, C., Mellins, C., Brackis-Cott, E., Abrams, E.: The reliability reports of medical adherence from HIV+ children and their adult caregivers. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 28: 355-361, 2003.

Mellins C.A., Smith R., O'Driscoll P., Magder L., Brouwers P., Chase C., Blasini I., Hittleman J., Llorente A., Matzen E., for the NIH/NIAID/NICHD/NIDA sponsored Women and Infant Transmission Study Group: High rates of behavioral problems in perinatally HIV-infected children are not linked to HIV disease. Pediatrics, 111: 384-393, 2003.

Mellins, C.A., Kang, E., Leu, C.S., Havens, J.F., Chesney, M.: A longitudinal study of mental health and psychological predictors of medical treatment adherence in mothers living with HIV disease. AIDS Patient Care and STDs, 17: 407-416, 2003.

Mellins, C.A., Brackis-Cott, E., Dolezal, C., & Abrams, E.J.: The role of psychosocial and family factors in adherence to antiretroviral treatment in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-infected children. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 23, 1035-1041, 2004.

Havens J.F., Mellins C.A., Ryan S.: Child Psychiatry: Areas of special interest/psychiatric sequelae of HIV and AIDS. In: B.J. Saddock, V.A. Saddock (Eds.), Comprehensive Testbook of Psychiatry. Seventh Edition, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 3434-3440, 2005.

Kang, E., Rapkin, B.D., Remien, R.H., Mellins, C.A., & Oh, A.: Multiple dimensions of HIV stigma and psychological distress among Asians and Pacific Islanders living with HIV illness. AIDS and Behavior, 9, 145-154, 2005.

Mellins, C.A., Brackis-Cott, E., Dolezal, C., Meyer-Bahlburg, H.F.L.: Behavioral risk in early adolescents with HIV+ mothers. Journal of Adolescent Health, 36:342-351, 2005.

O'Sullivan, L.F., Dolezal, C., Brackis-Cott, E., Traeger, L., & Mellins, C.: Communication about HIV in a sample of HIV-positive and HIV-negative mothers and their early adolescent children. Journal of Early Adolescence, 25, 148-167, 2005.

Lewis, L., Mellins, C.A., Brackis-Cott, E., Dolezal, C.: Developmental, ethnic and social influences on participation in sexual possibility situations for heterosexual early adolescent youth with HIV positive mother. Journal of Early Adolescence, 26:160-184, 2006.

Mellins, C.A., Brackis-Cott, E., Abrams, E.J., & Dolezal, C.: Rates of psychiatric disorder in perinatally HIV-infected youth. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 25:432-437, 2006.

Brackis-Cott, E., Mellins, C.A., Speigel, D., Dolezal, C.: The mental health risk of mothers and children affected by HIV. Journal of Early Adolescence, 27(1), 67-89, 2007.

McKay, M., Block, M., Mellins, C., Traube, D., Brackis-Cott, E., Miranda, C., Petterson, J., & Abrams, E.: Adapting a family-based HIV prevention program for HIV-infected preadolescents and their families: Youth, families and health care providers coming together to address complex needs. Social Work & Mental Health, (in press).

Nicholson, O., Mellins, C., Dolezal, C., & Brackis-Cott, E.: HIV treatment-related knowledge and self-efficacy among caregivers of HIV-infected children. Patient Education and Counseling (in press).

Smith, R., Malee, K., Charurat, M., Magder, L., Mellins, C.A.,Macmillan, C., Hittleman, J,.Lasky, T., Llorente, A., & Moye, J., for the NIH NIAID/NICHD/NIDA sponsored Women and Infant Transmission Study Group: Timing of HIV-1 infection and rate of neurodevelopmental decline. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal (in press).

Smith, R., Malee, K., Leighty, R., Brouwers, P., Mellins, C., Hittelman, J., Chase, C., & Blasini, I. for the Women and Infants Transmission Study Group: The effect of perinatal HIV infection and associated risk factors on cognitive development in children. Pediatrics, (in press).

Mellins, C.A., Dolezal, C., Brackis-Cott, E., Nicholson, O., Warne, P., & Meyer-Bahlburg, H.F.L.: Predicting the onset of sexual and drug risk behavior in youth affected by maternal HIV disease: The role of contextual, self-regulation, and social-interaction factors. The Journal of Youth and Adolescents, in press.

Weiner, L., Mellins, C.A., Marhefka, S., Battles, H.B.: Disclosure of an HIV diagnosis to children: History, current research and future directions. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, in press.

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