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Pamela Y. Collins, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry in Epidemiology, Columbia University
Overview Publications Professional Background

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.

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Pamela Y. Collins, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry in Epidemiology, Columbia University

TEL: 212-342-0446
FAX: 212-342-5170

pyc1@columbia.edu

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Meeting the challenges of global HIV/AIDS at the intersection of gender, sexuality, and mental health
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