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He has been an investigator in the HIV Center from the beginning, collaborating on studies of psychopathology, psychoimmunology, coping and adaptation, sexual risk behavior, and long-term survival with HIV among gay men and male and female injected drug users. Currently his research is focused on mental health interventions for HIV serodiscordant couples; behavioral and mental health interventions for HIV-infected gay men; changes in attitudes, beliefs and behaviors associated with HIV medical treatment advances in both infected and uninfected individuals; and interventions to improve adherence to combination medical regimens for people living with HIV.
Dr. Remien is chairperson for the New York State Psychological Association's Task Force on AIDS; member of the New York City's Department of Health Prevention Planning Group; senior faculty for the American Psychological Association's HIV training program for psychologists; and clinical supervisor to psychiatric residents in training and volunteer group facilitators at Body Positive, a New York City community-based organization. He also maintains a part-time private practice in clinical psychology.
Disclosures
Dr. Remien reports that he has no significant relationships to disclose.
Katoff, L., Rabkin, J., Remien, R.: Coping in long-term survivors. VIII International Conference on AIDS, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, POC-4819, 1992.
Neugebauer, R., Rabkin, J.G., Williams, J.B.W., Remien, R.H., Goetz, R., Gorman, J.M.: Bereavement reactions among homosexual men experiencing multiple losses in the AIDS epidemic. American Journal of Psychiatry, 149:1374-1379, 1992.
Remien, R., Rabkin, J.G., Williams, J.B.W.: Mental health correlates of social support in HIV. 145th Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Washington, DC, 1992.
Remien, R.H., Rabkin, J.G., Williams, J.B.W., Katoff, L.: Coping strategies and health beliefs of AIDS longterm survivors. Psychology and Health, 6:335-345, 1992.
Remien, R.H., Weiss, P, Prochazka, I.: HIV and AIDS: The situation in Czechoslovakia. AIDS Education and Prevention, 4:1-10, 1992.
Williams, J.B.W., Carrillo, J., Remien, R.H., Rabkin, J.G., Gibbon, M., Todak, G.: A strategy for the assessment of psychopathology and psychosocial factors in intravenous drug users. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 2:201-207, 1992.
Rabkin, J.G., Remien, R.H., Katoff, L.: Treatment philosophies: Conversations with AIDS specialists. PAACNOTES 5:3, 1993.
Rabkin, J.G., Remien, R., Katoff, L., Williams, J.B.W.: Resilience in adversity among long-term survivors of AIDS. Hospital and Community Psychiatry, 44:162-167, 1993.
Rabkin, J.G., Remien, R.H., Katoff, L., Williams, J.B.W. Suicidality in AIDS longterm survivors: What is the evidence? AIDS Care, 5:401-411, 1993.
Remien, R.H.: Instrumentation: Off the shelf or on your own? In: NIMH Handbook of Developing a Successful Research Application, 1993.
Remien, R.H., Rabkin, J., Katoff, L., Wagner, G.: Medical and psychological characteristics of extended longterm survival with AIDS: A follow-up study. IX International Conference on AIDS, Berlin, Germany, WS-D15-3, 1993.
Remien, R.H., Satriano, J.: Medical Aspects of Disability: A Primer for the Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor and Psychologist. In: Eisenberg, Glueckauf, Zaretsky (Eds.), AIDS. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Co., 1993.
Lipsitz, J.D., Williams, J.B.W., Rabkin, J.G., Remien, R.H., Bradbury, M., El-Sadr, W., Goetz, R., Sorrell, S., Gorman, J.M.: Psychopathology in male and female intravenous drug users with and without HIV infection. American Journal of Psychiatry, 151:1662-1668, 1994.
Rabkin, J.G., Remien, R.H., Wilson, C.: Good Doctors, Good Patients: Partners in HIV Treatment. New York: NCM Publishers, 1994.
Remien, R.H., Wagner, G.J.: Counseling long-term survivors of HIV/AIDS. Directions in Rehabilitation Counseling, 5:4-14, 1994.
Johnson, J.G., Williams, J.B.W., Rabkin, J.G., Goetz, R.R., Remien, R.H.: Axis I psychiatric symptomatology associated with HIV infection and personality disorder. American Journal of Psychiatry, 152:551-554, 1995.
Remien, R.H.: A structured group approach and challenges of HIV. Syllabus and Proceedings Summary (p. 170), 148th Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Miami, FL, 1995.
Remien, R.H., Carballo-Dieguez, A., Wagner, G.: Intimacy and sexual risk behaviour in serodiscordant male couples. AIDS Care, 7:429, 1995.
Remien, R.H., Goetz, R., Rabkin, J.G., Williams, J.B.W., Bradbury, M., Ehrhardt, A.A., Gorman, J.M.: Remission of substance use disorders: Gay men in the first decade of AIDS. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 56:226-232, 1995.
Johnson, J.G., Williams, J.B.W., Goetz, R., Rabkin, J.G., Remien, R.H., Lipsitz, J.D., Gorman, J.M.: Personality disorders predict onset of Axis I disorders and impaired functioning among homosexual men with and at risk of HIV infection. Archives of General Psychiatry, 53:350-357, 1996.
Remien, R.H., Carballo-Dieguez, A., Wagner, G.: Prevalence and determinants of sexual risk behavior in male couples of mixed HIV status. XI International Conference on AIDS, 1996.
Remien, R.H., Christopher, F.: A family psychoeducational model for long-term rehabilitation: Prevention and treatment. Physical and Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics, 14:1996.
Carballo-Dieguez, A., Remien, R.H., Dolezal, C., Wagner, G.: Unsafe sex in the primary relationships of Puerto Rican men who have sex with men. AIDS and Behavior, 1:1, 9-17, 1997.
Dolezal, C.L., Meyer-Bahlburg, H., Remien, R.H., Williams, J.B.W., Bradbury, M., Ehrhardt, A.A., Gorman, J.M.: Substance use during sex and sensation seeking as predictors of sexual risk behavior among HIV+ and HIV- gay men. AIDS and Behavior, 1:19-28, 1997.
Rabkin, J.G., Goetz, R., Remien, R.H., Williams, J.B.W., Todak, G., Gorman, J.M.: Stability of mood despite HIV illness progression in a cohort of gay men. American Journal of Psychiatry, 154:231-238, 1997.
Remien, R.H.: Couples of mixed HIV status: Challenges and strategies for intervention with couples. In: L. Wicks (Ed.), Psychotherapy and AIDS. Washington, D.C.: Taylor and Francis, pp.165-177, 1997.
Remien, R.H., Ho, D.D.: Long-term survivors and non-progressors. In: R.A. Smith, Encyclopedia of AIDS: A social, political, cultural, and scientific record of the epidemic. Chicago and London: Fitzroy-Dearborn, Inc., (in press).
Remien, R.H., Smith, R.A.: Couples of mixed HIV status: Therapeutic and policy issues. In: M.J. Shernoff (Ed.), AIDS and Mental Health Practice: Clinical and Policy Issues. Binghamton, NY: Harrington Park Press, (in press).
Wagner, G., Remien, R.H., and Carballo-Diéguez, A.: "Extramarital" sex: Is there an increased risk for HIV transmission? A study of male couples of mixed HIV status. AIDS Education and Prevention, (in press).