A5003459245- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Behavioral and Psychological Studies
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Gambling Behavior and Treatments
- Educational and Psychological Assessments
- Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
- Health and Wellbeing Research
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Problem Solving Skills Development
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Cognitive and psychological constructs research
- Community Health and Development
- Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
University at Buffalo, State University of New York
2001-2024
New York University
2001-2014
G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center
1987
Jackson Memorial Hospital
1983-1987
University of Mississippi Medical Center
1979-1987
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
1985-1986
University of Montana
1977-1980
The role of self-efficacy in the prediction relapse following alcoholism treatment was examined a 12-month follow-up evaluation. Self-efficacy assessed at intake to inpatient and again discharge. drinking status male alcoholics completing then during six intervals over course posttreatment year. Results indicated significant increase from Additional analyses showed that lower ratings were associated with by either 6- or 12-months posttreatment. Discharge self-efficacy, on other hand, not...
The purpose of this study was to systematically assess the attitudes Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) members toward newer medications used prevent relapse (e.g., naltrexone) and their experiences with medication use, any type, in AA.Using media solicitations snowball sampling techniques, 277 AA were surveyed anonymously about use for preventing type AA.Over half sample believed relapse-preventing either a good idea or might be idea. Only 17% an individual should not take it only 12% would tell...
Women (N=171), distressed from their partners' untreated alcoholism, received either coping skills training (CST), 12-step facilitation (TSF), or delayed treatment (DTC). CST and TSF resulted in lower depression levels than DTC but did not differ one another. Skill acquisition mediated the effects of CST; Al-Anon attendance mediate effect. Lower were maintained at 12 months with no differences between groups. Partner drinking decreased pretreatment to follow-up conditions. However, for...
Developed and evaluated a home-based contracting program to determine its effect on the compliance rates of discharged alcohol patients disulfiram (antabuse) regimen. The three comparison groups included (a) no contract/no recording; (b) contract/recording; (c) contract/recording plus instructions for positive reinforcement. Twenty-five who had been treated in behaviorally oriented inpatient dependence treatment lived with significant other (i. e., spouse, sibling, parent) participated...
This study compared inpatient, intensive outpatient, and standard outpatient treatment settings for persons with alcoholism tested a priori hypotheses about the interaction of setting client alcohol involvement social network support drinking. Participants (N = 192) were assigned randomly in cohorts to 1 3 settings. The did not differ posttreatment primary drinking outcomes, although inpatients had significantly fewer jail residential days combined than outpatients. Clients high benefited...
In an inpatient alcoholism rehabilitation program, 56 men were administered two 10-min memory tests: the Product Recall Test (PRT), designed to assess for familiar stimuli (assumed be relatively high in ecological relevance), and Memory-for-Designs (MFD), a test of novel patterns low relevance). Approximately 74% subjects who recalled less than or equal half items PRT relapsed at 3 months compared only 33% more items. Performance on MFD was not related relapse rate. performance almost as...
This study examined the correspondence between parent and adolescent reports of adolescent's substance use in a population parents concerned about, experiencing problems resulting from, their teen's use. Seventy-five (76% not treatment; 24% treatment) were interviewed separately regarding recent cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana, other illicit drugs. Irrespective treatment status, fair-to-good congruence was found on cigarette marijuana use, alcohol frequency, overall frequency. Poor incidence...
Spouses whose partner has an alcohol use disorder can experience considerable psychological distress. Yet, because of social, financial, relationship, and barriers they often remain hidden underserved. To partially reduce treatment for this population, study evaluated the short-term efficacy a self-paced, web-delivered coping skills training program women experiencing distress as result living with disorder. Participants (N = 89) were randomly assigned to either 8 weeks Internet-administered...