A5059482516- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Hepatitis C virus research
- Health and Well-being Studies
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Gender, Feminism, and Media
- Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Smoking Behavior and Cessation
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Medication Adherence and Compliance
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
- Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
- HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
- Healthcare Education and Workforce Issues
- Prenatal Substance Exposure Effects
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Service-Learning and Community Engagement
- Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- Diabetes Treatment and Management
G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center
2014-2024
University of Mississippi Medical Center
2016-2024
Jackson Memorial Hospital
2014
Nova Southeastern University
2007-2011
McLean Hospital
2006
Exponential advances have been made regarding computer/Internet technology in the past decade. This growth, large part, can be attributed to greater access to, affordability of, and anonymity while on computer. However, this progress has also produced negative psychological issues. Problematic Internet-enabled sexual behavior (IESB) increasingly affected individuals' family relationships, work productivity, academic success. article is first-known, empirically based outcome study...
Abstract Background Clinic-based interventions are needed to promote successful direct acting antiviral (DAA) treatment for chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in patients with substance use disorders (SUDs) among rural Veterans. Methods We implemented a clinic-based intervention which used motivational interviewing (MI) techniques medication adherence and completion 12 weeks of DAA Veterans HCV SUDs. Patients received an MI session licensed psychologist at baseline each two-week...
To implement the widespread treatment of hepatitis C virus (HCV), validated self-report measures to assess medication adherence are needed for monitoring patients who prescribed HCV direct-acting antivirals (DAAs). The Visual Analog Scale (VAS) is an efficient and well-validated tool measuring antiretrovirals in human immunodeficiency populations. This study compared VAS scores with pill counts serum levels RNA a sample HCV-infected veterans DAAs.Veterans initiating DAAs were offered...
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance use (SUD) commonly co-occur. Emerging research suggests that both distress tolerance impulsivity may underlie this comorbidity. However, to our knowledge no studies have examined whether these 2 constructs predict outcome in PTSD-SUD treatment. The current study investigated pretreatment predicted posttreatment PTSD cravings severity a sample of 70 Veterans receiving concurrent treatment for SUD residential day program. completed measures...
AbstractAlthough autobiographical narratives (ABNs) provide rich descriptions of how people change addictive behaviors, psychometric evaluations such reports are rare. 27 ex-smokers who had quit for 1 to 5 years were interviewed twice about why they quit. Participants’ ABN reasons smoking compared with their answers on the Reasons For Quitting (RFQ) scale and found be similar. Ex-smokers’ ABNs reliably reported number types given quitting. gave in similar RFQ subscale answers. ABNs, a...