A5045472800- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking
- Media Influence and Health
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Youth Development and Social Support
- Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications
- Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
- Neurological disorders and treatments
- HIV-related health complications and treatments
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Social and Intergroup Psychology
- scientometrics and bibliometrics research
- Health and Medical Research Impacts
National Institute on Drug Abuse
2012-2023
National Institutes of Health
2011-2023
University of California, San Diego
2019
Health Resources and Services Administration
2015
Johns Hopkins Medicine
2009-2014
Johns Hopkins University
2009-2014
Behavioral Pharma (United States)
2009
University of Maryland, College Park
2003-2007
In trying to better understand why individuals begin and continue smoke despite the obvious health consequences, researchers have become interested in identifying relevant personality variables, such as risk taking. this study, authors compared ability of 2 behavioral measures taking, Bechara Gambling Task (BGT) Balloon Analogue Risk (BART), differentiate smokers nonsmokers. Self-report impulsivity sensation seeking were taken for comparison with risk-taking tasks. Results indicate that...
This study examined the reliability and validity of youth version Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART–Y) for assessing adolescent risk behaviors among a sample 98 inner-city African American adolescents (M age = 14.8, SD 1.5). In addition to relation with sensation seeking, BART–Y responding evidenced significant composite across substance use, sexual behavior, delinquency, health domains. also explained unique variance in these above beyond demographic variables risk-related personality...
Abstract Patterns of substance use are examined in a sample over 1,200 youth non‐metropolitan region New England. Self‐reported history and frequency alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, inhalants, pain medications, other hard drug was assessed for 9th 10th grade students. Latent class analyses identified four patterns use: non‐users (22%), alcohol experimenters (38%), occasional polysubstance users (29%), frequent (10%). Contextual risk protective factors the individual, family, peer, community...
Because adolescent smoking is a significant public health concern, potential value lies in understanding and identifying the psychological factors that distinguish ever- never-smokers. To end, we examined relationship between risk-taking propensity as measured by Balloon Analogue Risk Task ever-smoking (i.e., even one puff) versus never-smoking sample of 125 predominantly African American high-school adolescents (M=15.1, SD=1.5). Results indicated ever-smokers never-smokers differed on...
In trying to better understand why individuals begin and continue smoke despite the obvious health consequences, researchers have become interested in identifying relevant personality variables, such as risk taking. this study, authors compared ability of 2 behavioral measures taking, Bechara Gambling Task (BGT) Balloon Analogue Risk (BART), differentiate smokers nonsmokers. Self-report impulsivity sensation seeking were taken for comparison with risk-taking tasks. Results indicate that...
Large-scale, multisite data sets offer the potential for exploring public health benefits of biomedical interventions. Data harmonization is an emerging strategy to increase comparability research collected across independent studies, enabling questions be addressed beyond capacity any individual study. The National Institute on Drug Abuse recently implemented this novel prospectively collect and harmonize 22 studies developing empirically testing interventions effectively deliver HIV...
The field of digital health is evolving rapidly and encompasses a wide range complex changing technologies used to support individual population health. COVID-19 pandemic has augmented expansion significantly changed how are used. To ensure that these do not create or exacerbate existing disparities, multi-pronged comprehensive research approach needed. In this commentary, we outline five recommendations for behavioral social science researchers critical promoting equity. These include: (i)...
There were more than 107,000 drug overdose deaths in the US 2021, most ever recorded. Despite advances behavioral and pharmacological treatments, over 50% of those receiving treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD) experience recurrence (relapse). Given prevalence OUD other substance disorders (SUDs), high rate recurrence, number deaths, novel strategies are desperately needed. The objective this study was to evaluate safety feasibility deep brain stimulation (DBS) targeting nucleus accumbens...
ABSTRACT Aims Naltrexone can be used to treat opioid dependence, but patients refuse take it. Extended‐release depot formulations may improve adherence, long‐term adherence rates naltrexone are not known. This study determined of and whether employment‐based reinforcement adherence. Design Participants who were inducted onto oral assigned randomly contingency ( n = 18) or prescription 17) groups. offered six injections invited work at the therapeutic workplace on week days for 26 weeks,...
Oral naltrexone has high potential for use as a relapse prevention pharmacotherapy opiate dependence yet suffers from notoriously poor adherence. This study evaluated whether entry to therapeutic workplace could reinforce adherence with oral naltrexone. Opiate-dependent and cocaine-using injection drug users were detoxified, inducted onto naltrexone, randomly assigned contingency (n = 35) or prescription 32) group 26-week period. Contingency participants required ingest under staff...
Abstract The Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study is an ongoing, nationwide study of the effects environmental influences on behavioral and brain development in adolescents. ABCD a collaborative effort, including Coordinating Center, 21 data acquisition sites across United States, Data Analysis Informatics Center (DAIC). main objective to recruit assess over eleven thousand 9-10-year-olds follow them course 10 years characterize normative cognitive development, many factors...
This study used latent class analysis (LCA) to identify patterns of antisocial behavior (ASB) in a sample 1,820 adolescents nonmetropolitan region the Northeast. Self-reported ASBs including stealing, fighting, damaging property, and police contact were assessed. LCA identified four classes ASB non-ASB class, mild, moderate, serious class. Multinomial logistic regression indicated that parent–child relationships served as protective factor against engaging peer, school, community risk...