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Pamela Y. Collins, M.D. Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry in Epidemiology, Columbia University |
PUBLICATIONS
(Selected publications in chronological order)
Brush, F.R., Del Paine, S.N., Pelegrina, L.J., Rykaszewski, I.M., Dess, N.K., & Collins, P.Y. (1988). CER suppression, passive avoidance learning, and stress-induced suppression of drinking in the Syracuse high-and-low-avoidance strains of rats (Rattus norvegicus). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 102, 337-349.
Marshall, R.D., Johannet, C.M., Collins, P.Y., Smith, H., Kahn, D.A., & Douglas, C.J. (1995). Bupropion and sertraline combination treatment in refractory depression. Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, 9, 284-286.
Collins, P.Y., Wig, N.N., Day, R., Varma, V., Malhotra, S., Misra, A.K., Schanzer, B., & Susser, E. (1996). Psychosocial and biological aspects of acute brief psychoses in three developing country sites. Psychiatric Quarterly, 67, 177-193.
Susser, E., Collins, P.Y., Schanzer, B., Varma, V., & Gittelman, M. (1996). Can we learn from the care of persons with mental illnesses in developing countries? American Journal of Public Health, 86, 926-928.
Collins, P.Y., Sohler, N., & Susser, E. (1997). The potential of female-controlled methods of HIV prevention among. women with mental illness. The Health Psychologist, 18, 9, 20-21.
Collins, P.Y., Adler, F., Boero, M., & Susser E. (1999). Using local resources in Patagonia: Primary care and mental health in Neuquen, Argentina. International Journal of Mental Health, 28, 3-16.
Collins, P.Y., Lumerman, J., Conover, S., & Susser, E. (1999). Using local resources in Patagonia: A model of community-based rehabilitation. International Journal of Mental Health, 28 , 17-24.
Collins, P.Y., Varma, V.K., Wig, N.N., Mojtabai, R., Day, R., & Susser, E. (1999). Fever and acute brief psychosis in urban and rural settings in North India. British Journal of Psychiatry, 174, 520-524.
Collins, P.Y. (2001). Dual taboos: Sexuality and women with severe mental illness in South Africa: Perceptions of mental health care providers. AIDS & Behavior, 5, 151-161.
Collins, P.Y., Geller, P.A., Miller, S., Toro, P., & Susser, E. (2001). Ourselves, our bodies, our realities: An HIV preventive intervention for women with mental illness. Journal of Urban Health, 78, 162-175.
Bresnahan, M., Collins, P.Y., & Susser, E. (2003). Commentary on Lovisi et al.: Mental illness in adult sample admitted to public hostels in the Rio de Janeiro metropolitan area, Brazil. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 38, 499-501.
Link, B., Yang, L., Phelan, J., & Collins, P.Y. (2004). Measuring mental illness stigma. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 30, 511-541.
Catalan, J., Collins. P.Y., Mash, B., & Freeman, M. (2005). Psychotherapeutic interventions in antiretroviral therapy (for second level care). Mental Health and HIV/AIDS Series, No. 5. Geneva: World Health Organization.
Freeman, M., Patel, V., & Collins, P.Y. (2005). Bertolote J. Integrating mental health in global initiatives for HIV/AIDS. British Journal of Psychiatry, 187, 1-3.
Von Unger, H., & Collins, P.Y. (2005). Transforming the meaning of HIV/AIDS in recovery from substance use: a qualitative study of HIV-positive women in New York. Health Care for Women International, 26, 308-324.
Collins, P.Y. (2006). Challenges to HIV prevention in psychiatric settings: Perceptions of South African mental health care providers. Social Science & Medicine, 63, 979-990.
Collins, P.Y., Holman, A., Freeman, M., & Patel, V. (2006). What is the relevance of mental health to HIV/AIDS care and treatment programs in developing countries? A systematic review. AIDS, 20, 1571-1582.
Collins, P.Y. (in press). Waving the banner of the mental health revolution: Psychiatric reform and community mental health in the Province of Rio Negro, Argentina. In J.M. Caldas de Almeida & A. Cohen (Eds.), Innovative Community Mental Health Services in Latin America and the Caribbean. Washington, DC :PAHO.
Collins, P.Y., Mestry, K., Wainberg, M., Nzama, T, & Lindegger G. (in press). Daring to talk about sex: training South African mental health care providers in the era of AIDS. Psychiatric Services.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry in Epidemiology, Columbia University
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