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.

Mellins CA, Brackis-Cott E, Dolezal C, Abrams EJ: Psychiatric disorders in youth with
perinatally acquired human immunodeficiency virus-infection. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2006; 25:432-437

Smith R, Malee K, Leighty R, Brouwers P, Mellins C, Hittelman J, Chase C, Blasini I: Effects of perinatal HIV infection and associated risk factors on cognitive development among young children. Pediatrics 2006; 117:851-862

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

Marhefka SL, Tepper VJ, Farley JJ, Sleasman JW, Mellins CA: Brief report: assessing
adherence to pediatric antiretroviral regimens using the 24-hour recall interview. Journal of
Pediatric Psychology 2006; 31: 989-994

Nicholson O, Mellins C, Dolezal C, Brackis-Cott E, Abrams EJ: HIV treatment-related knowledge and self-efficacy among caregivers of HIV-infected children. Patient Education and Counseling 2006; 61:405-410

McKay M, Block M, Mellins CA, Traube D, Brackis-Cottt E, Minott D, Miranda C,
Petterson, J, Abrams EJ: 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 in Mental Health 2006; 5: 349-372

Nicholson O, Mellins C, Dolezal C, Santamaria EK, Brackis-Cott, E, Abrams EJ: The
association between caregiver knowledge of anti-retorviral therapy regimens and disease
parameters among perinatally human immunodeficiency virus-infected children. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine 2006; 160:1307-1308

Mellins CA, Dolezal C, Brackis-Cott, E, Nicholson O, Warne, P, Meyer-Bahlburg HFL:
Predicting the onset of sexual and drug risk behaviors in HIV-negative youths with HIV-positive mothers: the role of contextual, self-regulation, and social-interaction factors. The Journal of Youth and Adolescents 2007; 36:265-278

Brackis-Cott E, Mellins CA, Speigel D, Dolezal C: The mental health risk of mothers and
children: The role of HIV infection. Journal of Early Adolescence 2007; 27:67-89

Weiner L, Mellins CA, Marhefka S, Battles HB: Disclosure of an HIV diagnosis to children: history, current research, and future directions. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics 2007; 28:155-166

Remien RH, Mellins CA: Long-term psychosocial challenges for people living with HIV: let’s not forget the individual in our global response to the pandemic. AIDS 2007; 21 (Supple 5): S55-S63

Mellins CA, Brackis-Cott E, Dolezal C, Leu CS, Valentin C, Meyer-Bahlburg H: Mental
health of early adolescents from high risk neighborhoods: the role of maternal HIV and other contextual, self-regulation, and family factors. Journal of Pediatric Psychology 2008; 33:1065-1075

Mellins CA, Chu C, Malee, K, Allison S, Smith R, Harris L, Higgins A, Zorrilla C,
Landesman S, Serchuck L, LaRussa P: Adherence to Antiretroviral treatment among pregnant and postpartum HIV-infected women. AIDS care 2008; 20:958-968

Klitzman R, Marhefka S, Mellins C, Weiner, L: Ethical issues concerning disclosures of
HIV diagnoses to perinatally-infected children and adolescents. Journal of Clinical Ethics 2008; 19:31-42

Kang E, Mellins CA, Ng W, Robinson L, Abrams E: Standing between two worlds in
Harlem: A developmental psychopathology perspective of perinatally acquired Human
Immunodeficiency Virus and adolescence. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology 2008; 29:227-237

Marhefka SL, Mellins CA, Brackis-Cott E, Dolezal C, Ehrhardt AA: Perceptions of
adolescents’ sexual behavior among mothers living with and without HIV: Does dyadic sex communication matter? Archives of Sexual Behavior 2008; Online First, available at:
http:// www.springerlink.com/content/7762075967365l44/fulltext.pdf  DOI 10.1007/s10508-007-9284-y

Mellins CA, Havens JF, McDonnell C, Lichtenstein C, Udall K, Chesney M, Santamaria
EK, Bell J: Adherence to antiretroviral medications and medical care in HIV-infected adults diagnosed with mental and substance abuse disorders. AIDS care 2009; 21:68-177

Mellins CA, Brackis-Cott E, Leu C-S, Elkington KS, Dolezal C, Wiznia A, McKay, M,
Bamji M, Abrams EJ: Rates and types of psychiatric disorders in perinatally human
immunodeficiency virus-infected youth and seroreverters. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 2009; 50:1131-1138

Mellins CA, Elkington KS, Bauermeister JA, Brackis-Cott E, Dolezal C, McKay M, Wiznia A, Bamji M, Abrams EJ: Sexual and drug use behavior in perinatally-HIV-infected youth: Mental health and family influences. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2009; 48:810-819

Brackis-Cott E, Kang E, Dolezal C, Abrams EJ, Mellins CA: Brief report: Language ability and school functioning of youth perinatally infected with HIV. Journal of Pediatric Health Care 2009; 23:158-164

Elkington KS, Bauermeister JA, Brackis-Cott E, Dolezal C, Mellins CA: Substance use and sexual risk behaviors in perinatally human immunodeficiency virus-exposed youth: Roles of caregivers, peers and HIV status. Journal of Adolescent Health 2009; 45:133-141 NIMHS # 129164

Bauermeister JA, Elkington K, Brackis-Cott E, Dolezal C, Mellins CA: Sexual Behavior
and perceived peer norms: Comparing perinatally Hiv-infected and Hiv-affected youth.
Journal of Youth and Adolescence 2009; 38:1110-1122

Brackis-Cott E, Kang E, Dolezal C, Abrams A, Mellins CA: The impact of perinatal HIV
infection on older school-aged children’s and adolescent’s receptive language and word
recognition skills. AIDS Patient Care and STDs 2009;23:415-421

Wallis A, Dukay V, Mellins CA: Power and empowerment: Fostering effective
collaboration in meeting the needs of orphans and vulnerable children. Global Public Health 2009; 22:1-14

Haberer, J, Mellins CA: Pediatric Adherence to HIV Antiretroviral, Current HIV/AIDS Reports, 2009; 6:194-200

Petersen I, Myeza N, John S, Holst H, Bhana A, McKay M, Alicea S, Mellins C: Psychosocial challenges and protective influences for socio-emotional coping of HIV+ adolescents in South Africa: a qualitative investigation. AIDS Care, 2010;

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