Group cognitive-behavioral therapy for women with PTSD and substance use disorderL M Najavits
Harvard Medical School McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA 02178, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 13:13-22. 1996
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- Cocaine dependence with and without PTSD among subjects in the National Institute on Drug Abuse Collaborative Cocaine Treatment Study
L M Najavits
Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
Am J Psychiatry 155:214-9. 1998
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- The link between substance abuse and posttraumatic stress disorder in women. A research review
L M Najavits
McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA 02178 9106, USA
Am J Addict 6:273-83. 1997
..Treatment research on women is limited but suggests the possibility of retaining patients and achieving positive outcomes...
- A measure of readiness for substance abuse treatment. Psychometric properties of the RAATE-R interview
L M Najavits
Harvard Medical School, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Center, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA 02178, USA
Am J Addict 6:74-82. 1997
..The authors discuss limitations of these conclusions and the lack of concurrent validity with a self-report measure of therapy readiness...
- Validity of substance use self-reports in dually diagnosed outpatients
R D Weiss
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA 02178, USA
Am J Psychiatry 155:127-8. 1998
..The purpose of this study was to assess the validity of self-reports of substance use among outpatients dually diagnosed with substance use disorder and either bipolar disorder or posttraumatic stress disorder...
- "Seeking safety": outcome of a new cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy for women with posttraumatic stress disorder and substance dependence
L M Najavits
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02138, USA
J Trauma Stress 11:437-56. 1998
..All results are clearly tentative, however, due to the lack of a control group, multiple comparisons, and absence of assessment of dropouts...
- A relapse prevention group for patients with bipolar and substance use disorders
R D Weiss
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA 02178, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 16:47-54. 1999
..The treatment uses an integrated approach by discussing topics that are relevant to both disorders and by highlighting common aspects of recovery from and relapse to each disorder...
- Group therapy for patients with bipolar disorder and substance dependence: results of a pilot study
R D Weiss
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Mass 02478, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 61:361-7. 2000
..The authors' goal was to pilot test a newly developed manual-based group psychotherapy, called Integrated Group Therapy (IGT), for patients with bipolar disorder and substance dependence...
- The use of collateral reports for patients with bipolar and substance use disorders
R D Weiss
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts 02478, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 26:369-78. 2000
..Frequency of contact between informants and patients was associated significantly with the level of agreement. These findings suggest that obtaining collateral informant data when studying this population may be of limited value...
- Early prediction of initiation of abstinence from cocaine. Use of a craving questionnaire
R D Weiss
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA 02178, USA
Am J Addict 6:224-31. 1997
..The findings suggest that this rapid, easily administered craving questionnaire may have short-term predictive validity...
- Training in cognitive, supportive-expressive, and drug counseling therapies for cocaine dependence
P Crits-Christoph
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 66:484-92. 1998
..Training in SE and CT did not have a negative impact on the therapeutic alliance, although alliance scores for trainees in drug counseling initially decreased but then rebounded to initial levels...
- Utilization of psychosocial treatments by patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder and substance dependence
R D Weiss
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Program, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill St, Belmont, MA 02478, USA
Am J Addict 9:314-20. 2000
..These findings point to infrequent utilization over time of psychosocial treatments focusing specifically on bipolar and substance use disorder...
- Clinicians' impact on the quality of substance use disorder treatment
L M Najavits
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Subst Use Misuse 35:2161-90. 2000
..In particular, it is suggested that greater accountability for clinicians' performance be balanced with increased support for their very difficult role. Methodological issues in studying clinicians are also addressed...
