The Washington Heights Community Service

Of New York State Psychiatric Institute

Scientific Papers from the Washington Heights Community Service:

A selection of recent papers published by staff of the Washington Heights Community Service

McKinnon K, Cournos F, Herman R, Le Melle S. HIV and People with Serious and Persistent Mental Illness in HIV & Psychiatry: A Training and Resource Manual. Canadian Psychiatric Association

Wainberg ML, McKinnon K, Elkington KS, Mattos PE, Mann CG, Pinto DS, Otto-Salaj L, Cournos F, PRISSMA Investigators. HIV risk behaviors among outpatients with severe mental illness in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. World Psychiatry, in press.

Berkman A, Pilowsky DJ, Zybert PA, Herman DB, Conover S, LeMelle S, Cournos F, Hoepner LA, Susser E. HIV prevention with severely mentally ill men: A randomized controlled trial. AIDS Care 19:579-588, 2007.

Morgenstern J, Irwin TW, *Wainberg ML, Parsons JT, Muench F, Bux Jr DA, Kahler CW, Marcus S, Schulz-Heik J.A (2007) Randomized Controlled Trial of Goal Choice Interventions for Alcohol Use Disorders among Men-Who-Have-Sex-With-Men. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, Feb 75(1):72-84.

Muench F, Morgenstern J, O’Leary A, Parsons JT, Hollander E, *Wainberg ML, Lai Betty and Irwin T. (2007) The consequences of compulsive sexual behavior: The preliminary reliability and validity of the compulsive sexual behavior consequences scale. Journal of Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity. Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity, 14:207–220.

Parsons JT, Kelly BC, Bimbi DS, DiMaria l, Wainberg ML, Morgenstern J. (2007) Subjective explanations for the origins of sexual compulsivity among gay and bisexual men.

Parsons JT, Kelly BC, Bimbi DS, DiMaria L, Wainberg ML & Morgenstern J.(2007) Explanations for the Origins of Sexual Compulsivity among Gay and Bisexual Men. Archives of Sexual Behavior, Sept 20

Pinto D, Mann C, Wainberg M, Mattos P, Oliveira S. (2007) Sexuality and vulnerability to HIV among the severely mentally ill: An ethnographic study of psychiatric institutions. Cad Saude Publica, Sep;23(9):2224-33

Rosenberg SD, Lu W, Mueser KT, Jankowski MK, Cournos F. Correlates of adverse childhood events among adults with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. Psychiatric Services 58:245-253, 2007.

Wainberg M, Gonzalez MA, McKinnon K, Elkington KS, Pinto D, Mann C, Mattos P. (2007) Targeted Ethnography as a Critical Step to Inform Cultural Adaptations of HIV Prevention Interventions for Adults with Severe Mental Illness. Social Science and Medicine, Jul 65(2):296-308.

Wainberg ML, McKinnon K, Mattos P, Pinto D, Elkington KS, Mann C, Oliveira S, Remien R, González MA, Cournos F, (2007) PRISSMA Project. Is it Brazilian? A Model for Adapting Evidence-Based Behavioral Interventions to a New Culture: HIV Prevention for Psychiatric Patients in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. AIDS and Behavior. 2007 Nov;11(6):872-83

Aharonovich E, Hatzenbuehler ML, Johnston B, O’Leary A, Morgenstern J, Wainberg ML, Yao P, Helzer JE, Hasin DS. (2006) A Low-Cost, Sustainable Intervention for Drinking Reduction in the HIV Primary Care Setting. AIDS Care, Aug 18(6): 561-568.

Apollo A, Golub SA, *Wainberg ML, Indyk D. (2006) Patient-Provider Relationships, HIV, and Adherence: Requisites for a Partnership. Soc Work Health Care, 42(3-4):209-24.

Collins PY, Mestry K, *Wainberg M, Nzama T, Lindegger G. (2006) Training South African mental health providers to talk about sex in the era of AIDS. Psychiatric Services, Nov 57:1644-1647.

Forstein M, Cournos F, Douaihy A, Goodkin K, Wainberg ML, Waypenyi KH: Guideline Watch: Practice guideline for the treatment of patients with HIV/AIDS. Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Association, 2006.

Golub SA, Indyk D, *Wainberg ML. (2006) Reframing HIV Adherence as Part of the Experience of Illness. Soc Work Health Care, 6;42(3-4):167-88.

Irwin TW, Morgenstern J, Parsons JT, Wainberg ML, Labouvie E. (2006) Alcohol and sexual HIV risk behavior among problem drinking men who have sex with men: An event level analysis of timeline followback data. AIDS & Behavior, 10(3):299-307.

Wainberg ML, Muench F, Morgenstern J, Hollander E, Irwin, Parsons JT, Allen A, O’Leary A. (2006) Citalopram vs. placebo in the treatment of compulsive sexual behaviors in gay and bisexual men. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, Dec 67(12):1968-73.

Cournos F, McKinnon K, Sullivan S. Schizophrenia and co-morbid human immunodeficiency virus or hepatitis C. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 66 (S6):22-33, 2005.

Cournos F, McKinnon K, Wainberg ML. What can mental health interventions contribute to the global struggle against HIV/AIDS? World Psychiatry, 3:135-141, 2005.

Cournos, F. Parental death and foster care: A personal and professional perspective. Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapy, 3:342-355, 2004.

Wainberg ML, Cournos F, McKinnon K, Berkman A. HIV and hepatitis C in patients with schizophrenia. In JM Meyer & HA Nasrallah (eds.), Medical Illness in Schizophrenia. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., 2003.

Wainberg ML, Bux Jr. DA, Carballo-Diéguez A, Dowsett GW, Dugan T, Forstein M, Goodkin K, Hunter J, Irwin TW, Mattos PE, McKinnon KM, O’Leary A, Parsons JT, Stein E. (2003) Science and the Nuremberg Code: A Question of Ethics and Harm – Peer commentaries on Spitzer. Archives of Sexual Behavior. Vol 32(5), 455-457.

Wainberg ML, Cournos F, McKinnon K, Berkman A. HIV and hepatitis C in patients with schizophrenia. In JM Meyer & HA Nasrallah (eds.), Medical Illness in Schizophrenia. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., 2003.