 Francine Cournos, MD is
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Columbia
University. From 2005-2006, she was Deputy Director of
the New York State Psychiatric Institute and was
Interim Director from 2003-2004. From 1978-2003, she
was Director of the Washington Heights Community
Service, a bilingual and bicultural program funded by
the New York State Office of Mental Health to serve
people suffering from severe mental illness who reside
in northern Manhattan. She has also worked in the area
of HIV/AIDS and mental illness since 1983, and has
participated in numerous research projects, training
grants, practice guidelines, and policy development
projects.
She has edited two books and written numerous articles
and book chapters on the interface of HIV/AIDS and
mental health issues with a particular concentration on
people with severe mental illness. Internationally,
she works on approaches to treating mental health
disorders in the context of the antiretroviral rollout,
and recently co-authored the WHO booklet, Psychiatric
Care in Anti-retroviral (ARV) Therapy (for Second Level
Care).
In 1999 Dr. Cournos published an autobiography, City of
One, which describes her own experiences as an orphan
and foster child, and has spoken and published about
disclosure, permanency planning, and childhood
bereavement. She is involved in many projects that
address the mental health needs of foster children.
Dr. Cournos also conducts a private practice at the
medical center focused on individual and couples
therapy. She has received a number of awards including
the Exemplary Psychiatrist Award from NAMI.EDUCATION
| City College, New
York, NY |
B.S. |
1967 |
Chemistry |
| New York University
School of Medicine, New York, NY |
M.D. |
1971 |
Medicine |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
| 1971-1973 |
Medical
Intern and Resident, Montefiore
Hospital, Bronx, NY |
| 1973-1976 |
Psychiatric Resident, New York State
Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY |
| 1978-2003 |
Director,
Washington Heights Community Service,
New York State Psychiatric Institute,
New York, NY |
| 1982-1989 |
Chief
Medical Officer and Psychiatric
Consultant, New York City Regional
Office of the New York State Office of
Mental Health, New York, NY |
| 1993-Present |
Member,
Commission/Committee on AIDS, American
Psychiatric Association (Vice Chair
1999-2002, Chair 2002-2006) |
| 1995-present |
Professor
of Clinical Psychiatry, Columbia
University College of Physicians and
Surgeons, New York, NY |
| 1998-1999 |
Member,
Coordinating Committee, HIV/AIDS
Treatment Adherence, Health Outcomes
and Cost Study, multiple federal agency
grant |
| 2003-2004 |
Interim
Director, New York State Psychiatric
Institute, New York, NY |
| 2005-2006 |
Deputy
Director, New York State Psychiatric
Institute, New York, NY |
PUBLICATIONS
Cournos, F., Empfield, M., Horwath, E., &
Kramer, M. (1989). The management of HIV
infection in state hospitals. Hospital and
Community Psychiatry, 40, 153-157.
Horwath, E., Kramer, M., Cournos, F., et al.
(1989). Clinical presentations of AIDS and HIV
in state psychiatric facilities. Hospital and
Community Psychiatry, 40, 502-506.
Cournos, F., Empfield, M., Horwath, E., &
Schrage, H. (1990). HIV infection in state
hospitals: Case reports and long-term
strategies. Hospital and Community Psychiatry,
41,163-166.
Cournos, F., Empfield, M., Horwath, E., et
al. (1991). HIV seroprevalence among patients
admitted to two psychiatric hospitals. American
Journal of Psychiatry, 148, 1225-1230.
Meyer, I., Cournos, F., Empfield, M., et al.
(1992). HIV prevention among psychiatric
inpatients: A pilot intervention study.
Psychiatric Quarterly, 63,187-197.
Cournos, F., McKinnon, K., Meyer-Bahlburg,
H.F.L., et al. (1993). HIV risk activity among
persons with severe mental illness: Preliminary
findings: Hospital and Community Psychiatry 44,
1104-1106.
Empfield, M., Cournos, F., Meyer, I., et al.
(1993). HIV seroprevalence among street
homeless patients admitted to a psychiatric
inpatient unit. American Journal of Psychiatry,
150, 47-52.
McKinnon, K., Cournos, F., Meyer-Bahlburg,
H.F.L. et al. (1993). Reliability of sexual
risk behavior interviews with psychiatric
patients. American Journal of Psychiatry, 150,
972-974
Meyer, I., Cournos, F., Empfield, M., et al.
(1993). HIV seroprevalence and clinical
characteristics of the mentally ill homeless.
Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless,
2,103-116.
Meyer, I., McKinnon, K., Cournos, F. et al.
(1993). HIV seroprevalence among long-stay
psychiatric inpatients. Hospital and Community
Psychiatry, 44, 282-284
Cournos, F., Guido, J.R., Coomaraswamy, S.,
et al. (1994). Sexual activity and risk for HIV
among patients with schizophrenia. American
Journal of Psychiatry, 151, 228-232.
Cournos, F., Horwath, E., Guido, J.R., et
al. (1994). HIV-1 infection in severely ill
psychiatric patients in New York City. AIDS
Care, 6, 443-452.
Kaplan, M., Herman, R., Satriano, J., et al.
(1994). HIV risk reduction groups for people
with mental illness. Journal of Psychosocial
Rehabilitation, 17, 97-103.
Meyer, I., Empfield, M., Engel, D., &
Cournos, F. (1995). Characteristics of HIV
positive chronic mentally ill inpatients.
Psychiatric Quarterly, 6, 201-208.
Cournos, F., & Bakalar, N. (1996). HIV and
People with Severe Mental Illness. Yale
University Press.
Horwath, E., Cournos, F., McKinnon, K., et
al. (1996). Illicit drug injection among
psychiatric patients without a primary
substance abuse diagnosis. Psychiatric
Services, 47, 181-185.
McKinnon, K., Cournos, F., Sugden, R., et
al. (1996). The contribution of psychiatric
symptoms and AIDS knowledge to HIV risk
behaviors among people with severe mental
illness. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 57,
506-513.
Cournos, F., & Bakalar, N. (1997). Mandatory
HIV testing for the mentally ill. New England
Journal of Medicine, 337,1014-1015.
Cournos, F., Herman, R., Kaplan, M., &
McKinnon, K. (1997). AIDS prevention for people
with severe mental illness. Journal of
Practical Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, 3,
285-292, 323-324.
Cournos, F., & McKinnon, K. (1997).
Substance use and HIV risk among people with
severe mental illness. In National Institute on
Drug Abuse Research Monograph
Series,172,110-129.
Cournos, F., & McKinnon, K. (1997). HIV
seroprevalence among people with severe mental
illness in the United States: A critical
review. Clinical Psychology Review, 17,
259-269.
McKinnon, K., Carey, M.P., & Cournos, F.
(1997). Research on HIV, AIDS, and severe
mental illness: Recommendations from the NIMH
National Conference. Clinical Psychology
Review, 17, 327-331.
Cournos, F. (1999). Parental death in
childhood: Theory and therapy. Journal of
Practical Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, 5,
336-345.
McKinnon, K., Cournos, F., Herman, R.,
Satriano, J., Silver, B., & Puello, I. (1999).
AIDS-related services and training in
outpatient mental health care agencies in New
York. Psychiatric Services, 50, 1225-1228.
Cournos, F., & Forstein, M. (Eds.) (2000).
What mental health practitioners need to know
about HIV and AIDS. In New directions for
mental health services, 87. San Francisco:
Jossey Bass, Inc. Publishers.
McDaniel, J.S., Chung, J.Y., Brown, L.,
Cournos, F., Forstein, M., Goodkin, K., &
Lyketsos, C. (2000). Practice guideline for the
treatment of patients with HIV/AIDS. American
Journal of Psychiatry,157,11S:1-62.
McKinnon, K., Cournos, F., & Herman, R.
(2001). A lifetime alcohol or other drug use
disorder predicts sexual risk for HIV infection
among people with severe mental illness. AIDS
and Behavior, 5, 233-240.
McKinnon, K., Wainberg, M.L., & Cournos, F.
(2001). HIV/AIDS preparedness in mental health
care agencies with high and low substance use
disorders caseloads. Journal of Substance
Abuse, 13, 127-135.
Walkup, J., Satriano, J., Barry, D., Sadler,
P., & Cournos, F. (2002). HIV testing policy
and serious mental illness. American Journal of
Public Health, 92,1931-1939.
Cournos, F., McKinnon, K., & Wainberg, M.L.
(2005). What can mental health interventions
contribute to the global struggle against
HIV/AIDS? World Psychiatry, 3,135-141.
Cournos, F., Wainberg, M., & Horwath, E.
(2005). Psychiatric care in anti-retroviral
(ARV) therapy (for second level care), field
test version. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health
Organization.
Forstein, M., Cournos, F., Douaihy, A.,
Goodkin, K,, Wainberg, M.L., & Waypenyi, K.H.
(2006). Guideline watch: Practice guideline for
the treatment of patients with HIV/AIDS.
Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric
Association. Available online at
http://www.psych.org/psych_pract/treatg/pg/prac_guide.cfm.
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