- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics
- Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
- Educational and Psychological Assessments
- Psychedelics and Drug Studies
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis
- HIV Research and Treatment
- Child Therapy and Development
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
Tulane University
2021-2025
Copper Queen Library
2024
Adventist Hinsdale Hospital
2024
Center for Innovation
2020-2021
Boston University
2020-2021
The University of Texas at Austin
2017-2020
Purpose: Solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) is practiced by social workers in clinical, community-based services, but no reviews of the outcome research have been completed. Methods: A meta-analysis randomized studies. Outcome domains included depression, anxiety, behavioral health, health and wellbeing, family functioning, psychosocial adjustment. Results: Twenty-eight studies with 340 effect sizes were analyzed meta-regression robust variation estimation (RVE). Overall, statistically...
Given the significant syndemic of HIV and substance use in U.S., this study sought to examine patterns (consistent user, former recent adopter, abstainers) identify sociodemographic disparities among people with (PWH). Using 2015–2019 National Survey on Drug Use Health data (N = 212,411), we estimated prevalence rates conducted multinomial logistic regression assess associations between status (1) (2) factors. Results show PWH have higher consistent a range substances, including inhalants,...
Simultaneous alcohol and marijuana (SAM) use exposes college students to a myriad of adverse consequences. However, there is no recent nationally representative study on SAM among in the United States (US). To provide an update literature, present aimed examine trends, prevalence, correlates US between 2006 2019, using data. We used data from 2006-2019 National Survey Drug Use Health (NSDUH) analytic sample was limited 55,669 full-time student respondents (ages 18-22). Using logistic...
AbstractBackground As state legislatures work to reduce prison populations and increase the use of community-based alternatives, limited knowledge exists about service needs those under criminal justice supervision in community. Preliminary research indicates unusually high rates disease, disability, death. Health risks for this population include opioid misuse, a form substance misuse that has reached epidemic proportions U.S. Evidence may be one multiple epidemics experiences, complicating...
Working on What Works (WOWW) is a manualized, 10‐week classroom intervention based solution‐focused brief therapy. This study evaluates WOWW using randomized experimental, posttest‐only design. The included 30 fourth and fifth grade classrooms, containing teachers 413 students. Results indicate no significant differences between control groups for student internalizing externalizing behaviors, student–teacher relationships, academic performance, or teacher sense of efficacy. However,...
Abstract Black/African American and Hispanic Americans experience significant HIV-related disparities. Substance use might be a contributing factor to these disparities, but there is limited research on this topic. This study investigated various substance risks by HIV status race/ethnicity (Black, Hispanic, White) among U.S. adults. We used data from the 2005–2019 National Survey Drug Use Health ( N = 541,921). In each racial/ethnic group, prevalence rates of past-year past-month tobacco,...