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Publications and Presentations - Continuity of Care

Goal 2A. Improving Continuity of Care

Publications

Research Publications

• Bray JW, Zarkin GA, Miller WR, Mitra D, Kivlahan DR, Martin DR, Couper DJ, Cisler RA. (2007). Measuring Economic Outcomes of Alcohol Treatment Using the Economic Form 90. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs; 68, 248-55.
• DeMarce JM, Burden JL, Lash SJ, Stephens RS, Gra mbow SC. (2007). Convergent Validity of the Timeline Followback for Persons with Comorbid Psychiatric Disorders Engaged in Residential Substance Use Treatment. Addict Behav; Aug;32(8),1582-1592.
• Donovan DM, Kivlahan DR, Doyle SR, Longabaugh R, Greenfield SF. (2006). Concurrent Validity of the AUDIT and AUDIT Zones in Defining Levels of Severity Among Outpatients with Alcohol Dependence in the COMBINE Study. Addiction; 101, 1696-1704.
• Doyle SR, Donovan DM, Kivlahan DR. (2007). The Factor Structure of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT). Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs; 68, 474-479.
• Finney JW, Wilbourne PL, Moos RH. (2007). Psychosocial Treatments for Substance Use Disorders. In P. E. Nathan and J. M. Gorman (Eds), A guide to treatments that work (3rd Edition, pp. 179-202). New York: Oxford University Press.
• Harris AH, Bowe T. (in press). Characteristics of VA Substance Use Disorder Patients Who Initiate and Engage in Treatment. Psychological Services; in press.
• Harris AH, Humphreys KH, Finney JW. (2007). Veterans Affairs Facility Performance on Washington Circle Indicators and Casemix-adjusted Effectiveness. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment; 33, 333-339.
• Hawkins EJ, Baer JS, Kivlahan DR. (in press). Concurrent Monitoring of Psychological Distress and Satisfaction Measures as Predictors of Addiction Treatment Retention. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment; in press.
• Lash SJ, Stephens RS, Burden JL, Grambow SC, DeMarce JM, Jones ME, Lozano BE, Jeffreys AS, Fearer SA, Horner RD. (2007). Contracting, Prompting, and Reinforcing Substance Use Disorder Continuing Care: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Psychol Addict Behav; Sep 21(3), 387-397.
• Saxon AJ, Kivlahan DR, Doyle SR, Donovan, DM. (2007). Further Validation of the Alcohol Dependence Scale (ADS) as an Index of Severity. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs; 68, 149-156.
• Tiet QQ, Ilgen MA, Byrnes HL, Harris AHS, Finney JW. (2007). Treatment Setting and Baseline Substance Use Severity Interact to Predict Patients' Outcomes. Addiction; 102, 432-440.
• Timko C, DeBenedetti A. (2007). A Randomized Controlled Trial of Intensive Referral to 12-step Self-help Groups: One-year Outcomes. Drug Alcohol Depend; Oct 8;90(2-3), 270-279.

Non-Research Publications

• Bradshaw L., Garnick D, Kivlahan DR. (2007). Setting the Stage for Improvement and Accountability: Response to F. McCorry, Quality and Performance Improvement: What's a Program to Do? NIDA Science and Practice Perspectives; 3, 45-47.
• Kosten TR. (2007). Pharmacotherapy for addictions: Partnering with contingency management. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse; 33(3), 341-342.
• Wexler HK., Brigham GS, Kivlahan DR, Piotrowski NA. (2006). Selected National Efforts Examining Evidence-based Practice in Addictions. The Addictions Newsletter; 13(3), 4-5.

Presentations

• Dowdy R, Deal M, Benbow J, Reoux J, Barnes R, Bush K, Kivlahan DR. Care Management Promotes Access, Engagement and Empowerment for Difficult to Serve Veterans with Co-occurring Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders. Presented at Transforming VHA Mental Health Care, Washington, DC. July 19, 2007.
• Finney JW. Regression to the Mean in Substance Use Disorder Treatment Research. Research Society on Alcoholism Meeting, Chicago, IL. July 2007.
• Hawkins EJ, Baer JS, Kivlahan DR. Telephone Monitoring and Client Retention in Addiction Treatment. Presented at American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA. August 2007.
• Kosten T. Innovations In Pharmacotherapy Of Alcoholism And The Treatment Of Alcohol Dependence. Presented at the United Arab Emirates International Conference on Addictions, Abu Dhabi, UAE. March 10-14, 2007.
• Kosten T. Opportunities And Impediments For Alcoholism And Other Substance Abuse. Presented at American College of NeuroPsychopharmacology, Washington, DC. May 10, 2007.
• Kosten T. Treating Dual Drug Dependence. Plenary session: Presented at Safer Options in the Treatment of Opioid Dependence, Prague, Czech Republic. April 16-19, 2007.