On this page and other pages of the ACLP website are links to relevant publications, presentations, and other websites.
Special Assistance: We welcome requests from underserved areas where there are no psychiatrists or other mental health professionals and where HIV clinicians need help in providing psychological support to persons with HIV or AIDS and their families. Please send your request to Chair, Mary Ann Cohen, MD, FAPM <macohen@nyc.rr.com>and describe the situation about which you would like assistance.
Shared Slide Presentations
Several members of our organization have agreed to make their PowerPoint presentations available on a variety of subjects for members and non-members who are new to the field of AIDS psychiatry and would like to develop presentations for the education of clinicians in academic or other settings. The following presentations are available as PDFs:
- A Biopsychosocial Approach to AIDS: The 27th Year
Presented May 8, 2008 by Mary Ann Cohen, MD at the APA Annual Meeting
- AIDS Psychiatric Disability Criteria: A Biopsychosocial Approach
Presented September 10, 2008 by Mary Ann Cohen, MD to Social Security Administration
- A Biopsychosocial Approach to Pain in Persons with AIDS: Dilemmas in Palliative Care
Presented November 3, 2010 by Mary Ann Cohen, MD to McMaster University
- Trauma, PTSD, and HIV: Psychodynamic and Educational Approaches to Adherence in a Community Medical Setting
Part 1 (slides 1-67) Part 2 (slides 68-131)
Symposium presented May 7, 2012, in collaboration with the AAPDP, at the APA Annual Meeting by members Batista, Cohen, Meyer, Tiamson-Kassab. More information and abstract.
- Psychodynamics of Trauma, PTSD, and Non-Adherence to Medical Care in Persons with HIV and AIDS
Presented May 7, 2012 by Mary Ann Cohen, MD at the APA Annual Meeting
- Update in HIV and AIDS Psychiatry
Presented May 8, 2012 by Mary Ann Cohen, MD at the APA Annual Meeting
- HIV through the Life Cycle: Aging of HIV Population
Presented May 8, 2012 by Adriana Carvalhal, MD at the APA Annual Meeting
- Psychiatric Disorders
Presented May 8, 2012 by Jordi Blanch, MD at the APA Annual Meeting
- Cohen MA. A practical approach to HIV Associated Neurocognitive Disorder. Drexel University College of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, 16 Jan, 2015.
- Cohen MA. Stigma, Discrimination, and the Criminalization of HIV/AIDS in the United States: Challenges for Psychiatrists in the Delivery of Compassionate Care. American Psychiatric Association, Atlanta, GA, 16 May 2016.
Guidelines and Related Websites
New York State HIV Mental Health Guidelines
The New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute, in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University, has been developing guidelines for HIV medical and mental health care for many years. These guidelines have been updated, and we have been asked to make them available to our members. The guidelines are available online at www.hivguidelines.org — use the drop-down menu under “Clinical Guidelines”. The guidelines include those relevant to AIDS psychiatry.
American Psychiatric Association HIV Website
The American Psychiatric Association’s HIV website at www.psych.org/aids provides information and links to APA-sponsored education programs, training curricula, clinical resources, policy information, and patient education materials for psychiatrists and other medical and mental health professionals.
HIV/AIDS National Strategic Plan Information Resource for South Africa (NSPiSA)
A database of research projects and publications is being developed by the HIV/AIDS National Strategic Plan Information Resource for South Africa (NSPiSA). The aim of the NSPiSA database is to allow policy makers, stakeholders, and other researchers to stay abreast of current and ongoing research and thus facilitate dialogue between the research community and the South African National Aids Council (SANAC) and its constituent committees and task teams. Read the NSPiSA story here.
Recent Publications by AIDS Psychiatry SIG Members
Members of the AIDS Psychiatry SIG have published thousands of articles, chapters, and books prior to joining our group. Since joining, many have published hundreds more, including several textbooks of AIDS psychiatry, all of which should be available through the publisher, Amazon, and/or Barnes and Noble, as well as university libraries:
Articles and Chapters
- Cohen MAA, Makurumidze, BA, Alfonso CA, Tavakkoli M. HIV as The Great Magnifier of Maladies – Challenges for Prevention and Compassionate Care. In: Kostas N. Fountoulakis and Afzal Javed (Eds). World Psychiatric Association Advances in Psychiatry, 4thSpringer, 2019.
- Cohen MA, Bourgeois J, Cozza KL. Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry: HIV/AIDS Psychiatry. Psychiatric News Published Online:21 Sep 2018
- https://psychnews.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.pn.2018.9b20
- Cohen MA. HIV Pre- and Post-Exposure Prophylaxis: How Mental Health Clinicians Can Prevent HIV Transmission in Integrative Practice. SAMHSA Topical Brief 2017
- Cohen MAA. How psychiatrists can prevent HIV transmission with pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis. Psychiatric Times September 25, 2017; 16C-16E.
https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/how-psychiatrists-can-prevent-hiv-transmission-pre-and-post-exposure-prophylaxis
- Cohen MA, Cozza KL, Bourgeois JA, Moghimi Y, Douaihy A: The role of psychiatrists in HIV prevention. Psychiatric Times 2016 March; 30-33. This article was selected as the Editor’s Pick of that edition of PsychiatricTimes.http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/comorbidity-psychiatry/role-psychiatrists-hiv-prevention
- Cohen MA. HIV/AIDS the Great Magnifier of Maladies is Entirely Preventable. India Empire Magazine. 2016.
http://indiaempire.com/article/1195/hivaids__the_great_magnifier_of_maladies__is_entirely_preventable/1
- Implementation of Collaborative Care for Depression in HIV: https://midusforhiv.org
- Tavakkoli M, Cohen MA, Alfonso CA, Batista SM, Tiamson-Kassab ML, Meyer P: Caring for persons with early childhood trauma, PTSD, and HIV: A curriculum for clinicians. Acad Psychiatry 2014; 38(6):696-700.
- The Mind Exchange Working Group:Assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder: a consensus report of the mind exchange program. Clin Infect Dis 2013; 56(7):1004-17.
- Cohen, MA. HIV: How to provide compassionate care. Curr Psychiatry 2013; June 12(6):19-23.
- Prince JD, Walkup J, Akincigil A, Amin S, Crystal S: Serious mental illness and risk of new HIV/AIDS diagnoses: an analysis of Medicaid beneficiaries in eight states. Psychiatr Serv 2012; 63(10):1032-8.
- Blackstone K, Moore DJ, Franklin DR, Clifford DB, Collier AC, Marra CM, et al: Defining neurocognitive impairment in HIV: deficit scores versus clinical ratings. Clin Neuropsychol 2012; 26(6):894-908.
- Badiee J, Riggs PK, Rooney AS, Vaida F, Grant I, Atkinson JH, et al: Approaches to identifying appropriate medication adherence assessments for HIV infected individuals with comorbid bipolar disorder. AIDS Patient Care STDS 2012; 26(7):388-394.
- Cohen MA, Forstein M: A biopsychosocial approach to HIV/AIDS education for psychiatry residents. Acad Psychiatry 2012; 36(6):479-86.
- Freudenreich O, Basgoz N, Fernandez-Robles C, Larvie M, Misdraji J: Case 5-2012— A 39-Year-Old Man with a Recent Diagnosis of HIV Infection and Acute Psychosis. N Engl J Med 2012; 366(7):648-657.
- Samuels E, Khalife S, Alfonso CA, Alvarez R, Cohen MA: Early childhood trauma, posttraumatic stress disorder, and non-adherence in persons with AIDS: a psychodynamic perspective. J Am Acad Psychoanal Dyn Psychiatry 2011; 39(4):633-650. [SIG member Erin Samuels was a psychiatry resident at NYU when she and her co-authors published this article.]
- Freudenreich O, Goforth HW, Cozza KL, Mimiaga MJ, Safren SA, Bachmann G, Cohen MA: Psychiatric treatment of persons with HIV/AIDS: an HIV-psychiatry consensus survey of current practices. Psychosomatics 2010; 51(6):480-488.The special section, Results of the 2008 HIV Psychiatry Treatment Consensus Survey, is the precursor to publication of this article. The article was a result of the first collaborative research effort by our SIG.
Books
- Comprehensive Textbook of AIDS Psychiatry – A Paradigm for Psychosomatic Medicine, 2nd Edition
Edited by Mary Ann Cohen, Jack Gorman, Paul Volberding, Jeffrey Jacobson, and Scott Letendre
Oxford University Press, New York, April 2017
This new edition of the original 2008 textbookhas over 100 contributors, more than half of whom are members of the HIV/AIDS Psychiatry SIG.
- HIV and Psychiatry
Edited by John Joska, Dan Stein, and Igor Grant
WPA Series in Evidence & Experience in Psychiatry
Wiley-Blackwell, April 2014
SIG members are represented in the editors and contributors to this new textbook, which promises to be an important addition to the current textbooks in our field.
- Handbook of AIDS Psychiatry
Mary Ann Cohen, Harold Goforth, Joseph Lux, Sharon Batista, Sami Khalife, Kelly Cozza and Jocelyn Soffer
Oxford University Press, New York, 2010
All the authors are members of both the ACLP and the AIDS Psychiatry SIG. On February 16, 2011, SIG member Michael Blumenfield, MD posted his review of the book and his online interview of the lead author on PsychiatryTalk.com.The Handbook of AIDS Psychiatryis the companion to the Comprehensive Textbook of AIDS Psychiatry published in 2008 (next item).
- Comprehensive Textbook of AIDS Psychiatry
Edited by Mary Ann Cohen and Jack M. Gorman
Oxford University Press, New York, 2008
The editors are members of the SIG, and Cohen and 30 contributors are members of both the SIG and the ACLP. This book was favorably reviewed by Reuters (2008), three stars by Doody’s Book Review Service (February 2008), New England Journal of Medicine(March 27, 2008), Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry (June 2008), Journal of the American Medical Association (August 6, 2008), and the American Journal of Psychiatry(November 2008).
- Psychiatric Aspects of HIV/AIDS
Edited by Francisco Fernandez and Pedro Ruiz
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, 2006
The editors and many contributors are members of the SIG.
Previous HIV/AIDS Psychiatry SIG Presentations
2015
November 13, 2015 — ACLP Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana
A Case-Based Life Cycle Approach to Education about Palliative Care, Advance Directives and End-Of-Life Issues in HIV Psychiatry (an HIV/AIDS Psychiatry, Bioethics, and Pediatrics PM SIG-sponsored symposium)
Moderators/Discussants: Mary Ann Cohen, MD, FAPM and Suad Kapetanovic, MD
Presentations:
- I am only 18, please accept my 5 wishes before I say goodbye—Nicole Mavrides, MD
- The value of Bedside Psychotherapy for Young Adult HIV Patient—Christina Y. Bilyeu, MD
- Anxiety Disorder in an Adult HIV Patient: Can we talk about my funeral?—Deyadira Baez-Sierra, MD
- Race, Culture, and Disclosure in Older Adults with HIV Disease—Karen Johnson, MD, FAPM
View the abstract here.
2014
November 15, 2014 — ACLP Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Update on HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder: Prevention, Screening, and Current Controversies
Co-Chairs: Thomas Marcotte, PhD & Mary Ann Cohen, MD, FAPM
Presentations:
- Diagnostic Approaches and Controversies in HAND — Thomas Marcotte, PhD
- Identification of Risk Factors for HAND and Diagnosis of HAND Using DSM 5 —Karl Goodkin, MD, PhD
- Screening for HAND — Adriana Carvalhal, MD, MSc, PhD
- Prevention of HAND through Routine Testing, Early Treatment Initiation, and PrEP and PEP — Andrew Angelino, MD
View the abstract here.
November 13, 2014 — ACLP Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Depression in Patients with HIV: Current Research and Clinical Approaches to Screening, Management, and Treatment
Co-Chairs: Kelly Cozza, MD, FAPM & Jordi Blanch, MD
Presentations:
- Developing a Collaborative Care Model for Screening and Treatment of Depression in Persons with HIV — Malika Lavakumar
- The Use of Biomarkers in Screening for Depression in Persons Newly Diagnosed with HIV — Silvia Ferrari
- Screening for Depression in Persons with HIV in an Ambulatory Psychiatry Clinic — Jordi Blanch
- Update on HIV Psychopharmacology — Kelly Cozza
View the abstract here.
September 16, 2014 — XVI World Congress of Psychiatry, Madrid, Spain
HIV Psychiatry as Paradigm for Psychosomatic Medicine: Preventing Transmission, Caring with Compassion, and Improving
Adherence
Co-Chairs: Kelly Cozza, MD, FAPM & Jordi Blanch, MD
Discussant: Michelle Riba, MD
Presentations:
- Overview of HIV Psychiatry as Paradigm for Psychosomatic
Medicine — Mary Ann Cohen, MD
- Pre-exposure and Post-exposure Prophylaxis and Prevention
of HIV Transmission — Kenneth Ashley, MD
- Psychopharmacology Program at
Neuroscience Educational Institute: Psychiatric Disorders and HIV — Maria Ferrara, MD
- HIV-associated Neurocognitive Disorders — Jordi Blanch, MD
2013
November 16, 2013 — ACLP Annual Meeting, Tucson, Arizona
International Approaches to HIV Psychiatric Care in the Ambulatory Setting
Chair: James A. Bourgeois, OD, MD
Discussant: Mary Ann Cohen, MD, FAPM
Presentations:
- The Evolving Role of Psychiatry in Models of HIV-collaborative Care — John Grimaldi, MD
- Integrating HIV in Primary Care and Community Organizations — Adriana Carvalhal, MD, MSc, PhD
- Public Mental Healthcare System for HIV-infected Patients in Western Europe — Jordi Blanch, MD, PhD
- UCSF-360 Positive Health Clinic: Embedded Psychosomatic Psychiatrist — James Bourgeois, OD, MD
View the abstract here.
November 15, 2013 — ACLP Annual Meeting, Tucson, Arizona
Collusions of Silence and Bioethical Dilemmas Unique to HIV Psychiatry (a collaborative Bioethics SIG and HIV/AIDS Psychiatry SIG symposium)
Chair: Mary Ann Cohen, MD, FAPM
Discussants: Maryland Pao, MD, FAPM & Suad Kapetanovic, MD
Presentations:
- When Ethics, Legal, Obstetrics, Psychiatry, and Pediatrics (and the Patient) Can’t Agree: A Pregnant Woman Who Refuses to Disclose to Her Husband that She is HIV Positive—Catherine Harrison-Restelli, MD
- Bioethical Issues Raised in the Cases of Two Adolescents with Vertically Transmitted HIV—Nicole Mavirides, MD
View the abstract here.
November 14, 2013 — ACLP Annual Meeting, Tucson, Arizona
HIV Through the Life Cycle (symposium co-sponsored by the HIV/AIDS Psychiatry SIG and the Child Psychiatry SIG)
Presentations:
- Introduction — Andrew F. Angelino
- HIV in Children and Adolescents — Maryland Pao
- Women’s Issues and Reproduction in HIV-Infected Individuals — Suad Kapetanovic
- HIV in the Elderly:Assessing Neurocognitive Issues — Durga Roy
- Cases/Discussion — Andrew F. Angelino
View the abstract here.
2012
November 15, 2012 — ACLP Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia
Screening, Assessment, and Treatment of Depression and HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders (HAND): A Discussion of the Evidence (co-sponsored by the HIV/AIDS SIG)
Presentations by Andrew Angelino, MD; Mary Ann Cohen, MD, FAPM; Sharon Batista, MD; John Grimaldi, MD; Adriana Carvalhal, MD; Glenn Treisman, MD
June 14, 2012 — Yale University School of Medicine
Neurocognitive Impairment in HIV Infection: A Practical Approach
Presentations:
- Neurocognitive Impairment in HIV — Serena Spudich, MD
- Neuropsychological Testing for Neurocognitive Impairment— Kevin Robertson, PhD
- A Biopsychosocial Approach to HIV-Associated Neurocognitive
Disorders — Mary Ann Cohen, MD
- A Case Discussion – Psychiatric Aspects — Mary Ann Cohen, MD
May 7, 2012 — APA Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Trauma, PTSD, and HIV: Psychodynamic and Educational Approaches to Adherence in a Community Medical Setting (APA/AAPDP Collaborative Symposium)
Chair & Discussant: Cesar A. Alfonso, MD
Presentations:
- Development of a Trauma and PTSD Curriculum to Meet the Needs of HIV Clinicians and their Patients — Sharon M. Batista, MD
- Psychodynamics of Trauma, PTSD, and Non-Adherence to Medical Care in Persons with HIV and AIDS — Mary Ann Cohen, MD
- Our Patients With Trauma Are Nonadherent to Medical Care: An
Innovative Approach to Education in an AIDS Clinic — Maria Tiamson-Kassab, MD
- Results and Outcomes of a Trauma, PTSD, and HIV Training Program — Phil Meyer, LCSW
View the abstract here.
The slides of the four presenters of this symposium are contained in two PDF files:
Part 1 (slides 1-67) and Part 2 (slides 68-131).
May 8, 2012 — APA Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Update in HIV and AIDS Psychiatry
Chair & Discussant: Mary Ann Cohen, MD, FAPM
Presentations:
2011
November 16, 2011 — ACLP Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona
Pre-conference Course:
AIDS Psychiatry Update for the C-L Psychiatrist
Presentations by Mary Ann Cohen, MD, FAPM; Suad Kapetanovic, MD; Adriana Carvalhal, MD, MSc, PhD; Jordi Blanch, MD, PhD; Joseph Lux, MD; Harold W. Goforth, MD, MA, FAPM; Kelly L. Cozza, MD, DFAPA, FAPM; Maria Tiamson-Kassab, MD, FAPM
November 18, 2011 — ACLP Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona
Innovative Approaches to Clinical Care, Research, and Prevention in AIDS Psychiatry
Chair: Mary Ann Cohen, MD, FAPM
Discussant: John Grimaldi, MD
Presentations:
- Clinical Experiences in Caring for Persons with AIDS on Efavirenz — Jordi Blanch, MD, PhD, Hospital Clinic De Barcelona
- Update on Neuropsychiatric Side Effects of Efavirenz: Report from the AP SIG Research Task Force — Kelly L. Cozza, MD, Uniformed Services University; Andrew Angelino, MD, Johns Hopkins University Medical School
- HIV-Associated CNS Vulnerability in the Antiretroviral Era — Suad Kapetanovic, MD,
National Institute of Mental Health
- The Inclusion of SMI on the HIV Indicator Disease List of the HIV in Europe Group —
Maria Ferrara, MD and Silvia Ferrari, MD, University of Modena & Reggio Emilia
- Supervised Injection Sites and Other Preventive Measures in AIDS Psychiatry —
Adriana Carvalhal, MD, McMaster University School of Medicine
2010
November 12, 2010 — ACLP Annual Meeting, Marco Island, Florida
Educating Clinicians about HIV-Associated Dementia
Chair: Mary Ann Cohen, MD
Discussant: Philip A. Bialer, MD
Presentations:
- Risk Factors for HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders (HAND) — Jordi Blanch, MD, PhD
- Early Recognition of HIV-Associated Dementia: Differential Diagnosis — Adriana Carvalhal, MD, MSc, PhD
- Early Recognition of HAND: Complexities of Assessment & Screening — Stephen J. Ferrando, MD, FAPM
- Developing Screening Tools for HAND and Assessing Current Practices — Andrew Angelino, MD and John Grimaldi, MD
2009
November 13, 2009 — ACLP Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada
Quality of Care in AIDS Psychiatry
Chair: Mary Ann Cohen, MD
Discussant: Philip A. Bialer, MD
Presentations:
- Safe and Cost-Effective Care in HIV Psychiatry—Karen M. Johnson, MD
- Organization of AIDS Psychiatry (OAP) Consensus Survey of HIV Psychiatric Treatments —Oliver Freudenreich, MD
- Salvaging Quality of Care during the Transitions from Childhood to Adulthood in HIV Psychiatry—Lori Wiener, PhD and Maryland Pao, MD
- Preventing Bad Outcomes in HIV Psychiatry—Mary Ann Cohen, MD
2008
November 20, 2008 — ACLP Annual Meeting, Miami, Florida
AIDS Psychiatry Across the Life Cycle
Chair: Mary Ann Cohen, MD
Discussant: Jon A. Levenson, MD
Presentations:
- Transitioning from Childhood to Adulthood in HIV Care—Lori Wiener, PhD
- Long-Term Non-Progressors with HIV—Philip Bialer, MD
- Co-infection with HIV and HCV—Aly Rifai, MD
- Geriatric AIDS Psychiatry: A Hidden Epidemic—Mary Ann Cohen, MD
May 8, 2008 — APA Annual Meeting, Washington, DC
AIDS Psychiatry in 2008
Chairs: Mary Ann Cohen, MD & Marshall Forstein, MD
Presentations:
- A Biopsychosocial Approach to AIDS: The 27th Year—Mary Ann Cohen, MD
- HIV-Associated Sleep Disorders: A Comprehensive Approach—Harold Goforth, MD
- HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders: An Update—Stephen Ferrando, MD
- Update on HIV Treatment in Severely Mentally Ill—Francine Cournos, MD
- Psychotherapeutic Aspects of Lipodystrophy in Persons with AIDS—
Marshall Forstein, MD
- Methamphetamine and HIV Treatment—Antoine Douaihy, MD
May 3, 2008 — American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry Annual Meeting, Washington, DC
A Biopsychosocial Approach to AIDS Psychiatry: An Update
Chairs: Mary Ann Cohen, MD
Discussant: Cesar A. Alfonso, MD
Presentations:
- A Biopsychosocial Approach to AIDS—Mary Ann Cohen, MD
- Psychodynamics of HIV Stigma—Sami Khalife, MD
- Creating a Facilitating Environment for Family-Centered Advance Care Planning for Teens with HIV/AIDS—Maureen Lyon, PhD
- Psychodynamics of Sexual Risk-Taking in Gay Men—Jeffrey Akman, MD
- A Medical Update on AIDS—Joseph Lux, MD
2007
November 17, 2007 — ACLP Annual Meeting, Amelia Island, Florida
AIDS Psychiatry: Past, Present, and Future
Moderator & Discussant: Mary Ann Cohen, MD
Presentations:
- The History of AIDS Psychiatry: A Biopsychosocial Approach—Mary Ann Cohen, MD
- AIDS Stigma—Sami Khalife, MD
- A Medical Update on AIDS—Joe Z. Lux, MD
- Primary Areas for Current and Future Research in AIDS Psychiatry—Stephen J. Ferrando, MD and Maryland Pao, MD
2005
November 18, 2005 — ACLP Annual Meeting, Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico
AIDS: Survival and Adherence — A Paradigm for Psychosomatic Medicine
Co-Chairs: Mary Ann Cohen, MD & Rosalind G. Hoffman, MD
Discussant: Jeffrey J. Weiss, PhD
Presentations:
- Adherence to Care in Persons with HIV and AIDS—David Bangsberg, MD, MPH
- Survival and Adherence in Persons with AIDS and Mental Illness—Glenn Treisman, MD, PhD
- AIDS as a Paradigm for Psychosomatic Medicine and
Introduction to the Organization of AIDS Psychiatry—Mary Ann Cohen, MD, FAPM
