Abstract

The candidate for a career development award proposes a 5-year program which aims to provide him with the specific research methods needed to become an independent investigator in pediatric psychiatry, as well as knowledgeable in the mental health impact of HIV infection. The career development program under the mentorship of Dr. Vlahov, includes a didactic component with courses in biostatistics and epidemiology. The supervised research project examines psychiatric disorders in children who have HIV-positive Injection Drug User (IDU) parents. In order to separate the contribution of parental HIV-infection from the contribution of parental drug use, these children will be compared with children of HIV-negative IDU parents. Children in both the study and comparison groups will undergo standardized psychiatric examinations and family assessments.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Type
Clinical Investigator Award (CIA) (K08)
Project #
7K08MH001456-05
Application #
6145753
Study Section
Psychobiological, Biological, and Neurosciences Subcommittee (MHAI)
Program Officer
Weise, Richard E
Project Start
1996-09-30
Project End
2001-04-30
Budget Start
1999-10-01
Budget End
2000-04-30
Support Year
5
Fiscal Year
1999
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Columbia University (N.Y.)
Department
Psychiatry
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
167204994
City
New York
State
NY
Country
United States
Zip Code
10032

  Publications

Weissman, Myrna M; Feder, Adriana; Pilowsky, Daniel J et al. (2004) Depressed mothers coming to primary care: maternal reports of problems with their children. J Affect Disord 78:93-100
Pilowsky, Daniel J; Zybert, Patricia A; Vlahov, David (2004) Resilient children of injection drug users. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 43:1372-9
Pilowsky, Daniel J; Zybert, Patricia A; Hsieh, Pei-Wen et al. (2003) Children of HIV-positive drug-using parents. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 42:950-6
Pilowsky, D J; Lyles, C M; Cross, S I et al. (2001) Characteristics of injection drug using parents who retain their children. Drug Alcohol Depend 61:113-22
Pilowsky, D J; Knowlton, A R; Latkin, C A et al. (2001) Children of injection drug users: impact of parental HIV status, AIDS, and depression. J Urban Health 78:327-39
Pilowsky, D J; Wissow, L; Hutton, N (2000) Children affected by HIV. Clinical experience and research findings. Child Adolesc Psychiatr Clin N Am 9:451-64, viii
Pilowsky, D J; Sohler, N; Susser, E (2000) Reasons given for disclosure of maternal HIV status to children. J Urban Health 77:723-34
Pilowsky, D J; Wu, L T; Anthony, J C (1999) Panic attacks and suicide attempts in mid-adolescence. Am J Psychiatry 156:1545-9
Pilowsky, D J; Sohler, N; Susser, E (1999) The parent disclosure interview. AIDS Care 11:447-52