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HIV Center

Investigators

Claude Ann Mellins, Ph.D.

Research Scientist and Director, Family Studies Program

Professor of Clinical Psychology
Overview Publications Professional Background

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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Claude Ann Mellins, Ph.D.

Research Scientist and Director, Family Studies Program

Professor of Clinical Psychology

TEL: 212-543-5383
FAX: 212-543-6003

cam14@columbia.edu

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