Alan S Bellack

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Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Application of the Transtheoretical Model of change: psychometric properties of leading measures in patients with co-occurring drug abuse and severe mental illness
    Melissa Nidecker
    VISN 5 Mental Illness, Research, Education, and Clinical Center, USA
    Addict Behav 33:1021-30. 2008
  2. ncbi Psychometric characteristics of role-play assessments of social skill in schizophrenia
    Alan S Bellack
    University of Maryland School of Medicine and VA Capitol Health Care Network MIRECC, MD, USA
    Behav Ther 37:339-52. 2006
  3. ncbi Scientific and consumer models of recovery in schizophrenia: concordance, contrasts, and implications
    Alan S Bellack
    VISN 5 Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, and University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA
    Schizophr Bull 32:432-42. 2006
  4. ncbi The 2009 schizophrenia PORT psychosocial treatment recommendations and summary statements
    Lisa B Dixon
    VA Capitol Health Care Network Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Schizophr Bull 36:48-70. 2010
  5. ncbi Neurocognitive characteristics of individuals with schizophrenia and cocaine dependence: comparison of currently dependent and remitted groups
    Jason Peer
    Veterans Affairs Capitol Health Care Network Mental Illness, Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
    J Nerv Ment Dis 197:631-4. 2009
  6. ncbi A randomized clinical trial of a new behavioral treatment for drug abuse in people with severe and persistent mental illness
    Alan S Bellack
    University of Maryland School of Medicine and Veterans Affairs Capitol Health Care Network Mental Illness Research, Education, Baltimore, 21201, USA
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 63:426-32. 2006
  7. ncbi Examination of contingency payments to dually-diagnosed patients in a multi-faceted behavioral treatment
    Joanna E Strong Kinnaman
    VA Capital Network Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
    Addict Behav 32:1480-5. 2007
  8. ncbi Is learning potential associated with social skills in schizophrenia?
    Wendy N Tenhula
    Department of Veterans Affairs Capitol Health Care Network Veterans Integrated Service Network 5, Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
    J Rehabil Res Dev 44:827-35. 2007
  9. ncbi Topiramate antagonizes MK-801 in an animal model of schizophrenia
    Stephen I Deutsch
    Mental Health Service Line, Veterans Integrated Service Network 5, 849 International Drive, Suite 275, Linthicum, MD 21090, USA
    Eur J Pharmacol 449:121-5. 2002
  10. ncbi Social/communication skills, cognition, and vocational functioning in schizophrenia
    Dwight Dickinson
    Schizophr Bull 33:1213-20. 2007

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Publications34

  1. ncbi Application of the Transtheoretical Model of change: psychometric properties of leading measures in patients with co-occurring drug abuse and severe mental illness
    Melissa Nidecker
    VISN 5 Mental Illness, Research, Education, and Clinical Center, USA
    Addict Behav 33:1021-30. 2008
    ..Overall, findings support the use of these measures in people with co-occurring disorders...
  2. ncbi Psychometric characteristics of role-play assessments of social skill in schizophrenia
    Alan S Bellack
    University of Maryland School of Medicine and VA Capitol Health Care Network MIRECC, MD, USA
    Behav Ther 37:339-52. 2006
    ..However, several things often taken for granted in the literature warrant careful consideration in the design of research using role-play. Implications of the results for design of research are discussed...
  3. ncbi Scientific and consumer models of recovery in schizophrenia: concordance, contrasts, and implications
    Alan S Bellack
    VISN 5 Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, and University of Maryland School of Medicine, USA
    Schizophr Bull 32:432-42. 2006
    ..Priorities for future research are suggested...
  4. ncbi The 2009 schizophrenia PORT psychosocial treatment recommendations and summary statements
    Lisa B Dixon
    VA Capitol Health Care Network Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
    Schizophr Bull 36:48-70. 2010
    ....
  5. ncbi Neurocognitive characteristics of individuals with schizophrenia and cocaine dependence: comparison of currently dependent and remitted groups
    Jason Peer
    Veterans Affairs Capitol Health Care Network Mental Illness, Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
    J Nerv Ment Dis 197:631-4. 2009
    ..Results yielded few neuropsychological differences between remitted and current dependent states across the SZ and AD groups. These findings suggest that cognitive impairment may be relatively static in these populations...
  6. ncbi A randomized clinical trial of a new behavioral treatment for drug abuse in people with severe and persistent mental illness
    Alan S Bellack
    University of Maryland School of Medicine and Veterans Affairs Capitol Health Care Network Mental Illness Research, Education, Baltimore, 21201, USA
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 63:426-32. 2006
    ..Drug abuse by people with severe mental disorder is a significant public health problem for which there is no empirically validated treatment...
  7. ncbi Examination of contingency payments to dually-diagnosed patients in a multi-faceted behavioral treatment
    Joanna E Strong Kinnaman
    VA Capital Network Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
    Addict Behav 32:1480-5. 2007
    ..These results provide an important step toward understanding the characteristics of dually-diagnosed patients that predict their response to CM...
  8. ncbi Is learning potential associated with social skills in schizophrenia?
    Wendy N Tenhula
    Department of Veterans Affairs Capitol Health Care Network Veterans Integrated Service Network 5, Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
    J Rehabil Res Dev 44:827-35. 2007
    ..Participants showed small improvements on the Maryland Assessment of Social Competence (MASC), but WCST learning potential and CT generalization were unrelated to improvement on the MASC...
  9. ncbi Topiramate antagonizes MK-801 in an animal model of schizophrenia
    Stephen I Deutsch
    Mental Health Service Line, Veterans Integrated Service Network 5, 849 International Drive, Suite 275, Linthicum, MD 21090, USA
    Eur J Pharmacol 449:121-5. 2002
    ..Topiramate was shown to inhibit MK-801-elicited "popping" behavior in a complex dose-dependent manner...
  10. ncbi Social/communication skills, cognition, and vocational functioning in schizophrenia
    Dwight Dickinson
    Schizophr Bull 33:1213-20. 2007
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  11. ncbi Methyllycaconitine fails to inhibit electrically precipitated tonic hindlimb extension in mice
    Stephen I Deutsch
    Mental Health Service Line, Veterans Integrated Service Network, Linthicum, Maryland, USA
    Clin Neuropharmacol 26:62-4. 2003
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  12. ncbi Do clozapine and risperidone affect social competence and problem solving?
    Alan S Bellack
    Mental Health Research, Education and Clinical Center, VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore 21201, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 161:364-7. 2004
    ..The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the effects of clozapine and risperidone on social skill and problem solving in patients with schizophrenia...
  13. ncbi A randomized, controlled trial of computer-assisted cognitive remediation for schizophrenia
    Dwight Dickinson
    Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, VISN 5, VA Medical Center, Suite 6A BT MIRECC, 10 North Greene St, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
    Am J Psychiatry 167:170-80. 2010
    ..The goal of the current study was to develop a broadly targeted computer-assisted cognitive remediation program and conduct a rigorous clinical trial in a large group of schizophrenia patients...
  14. ncbi Modulation of MK-801-elicited mouse popping behavior by galantamine is complex and dose-dependent
    Stephen I Deutsch
    Mental Health Service Line, Veterans Integrated Service Network VISN 5, 849 International Drive, Suite 275, Linthicum, MD 21090, USA
    Life Sci 73:2355-61. 2003
    ..05). This MK-801-elicited popping was significantly attenuated by 100 mg/kg of galantamine (T(22) = 2.24, P < 0.05). The data show that nicotinic interventions can influence NMDA receptor-mediated neurotransmission in the intact mouse...
  15. ncbi The development of a computer-assisted cognitive remediation program for patients with schizophrenia
    Alan S Bellack
    VA Capitol Health Care Network MIRECC, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    Isr J Psychiatry Relat Sci 42:5-14. 2005
    ..The potential of psychosocial and pharmacological interventions, alone and in combination, for cognitive impairment in schizophrenia is a promising research issue...
  16. ncbi Assessing recovery of people with serious mental illness: development of a new scale
    Amy L Drapalski
    Department of Veterans Affairs Capital Health Care Network, Veterans Integrated Service Network 5 Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 63:48-53. 2012
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  17. ncbi Skills training for people with severe mental illness
    Alan S Bellack
    VA Capitol Health Care Network, Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 10 N Greene St, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
    Psychiatr Rehabil J 27:375-91. 2004
    ..This is a promising area for further research, but CR, like CBT, does not have a sufficient evidentiary base for widespread dissemination to the public mental health system at this time...
  18. ncbi Assessment of motivation to change substance use in dually-diagnosed schizophrenia patients
    Joanna E Strong Kinnaman
    VA Capital Health Care Network Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center MIRECC, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
    Addict Behav 32:1798-813. 2007
    ..Findings suggest that the cartoon measure may be a suitable alternative to assess motivation to change substance use with cognitively impaired patients...
  19. ncbi Performance-based measures of functional skills: usefulness in clinical treatment studies
    Philip D Harvey
    Schizophr Bull 33:1138-48. 2007
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  20. ncbi Wayne Fenton and recovery
    Alan S Bellack
    Schizophr Bull 33:1160-1. 2007
  21. ncbi Motivation and the stages of change among individuals with severe mental illness and substance abuse disorders
    Carlo C DiClemente
    Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA
    J Subst Abuse Treat 34:25-35. 2008
    ..Nevertheless, motivation and readiness to change are important dimensions that need to be addressed in treatment and research with dually diagnosed populations...
  22. ncbi Assessment of community functioning in people with schizophrenia and other severe mental illnesses: a white paper based on an NIMH-sponsored workshop
    Alan S Bellack
    University of Maryland School of Medicine, 737 West Lombard Street, Suite 551, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
    Schizophr Bull 33:805-22. 2007
    ..quot; This criterion is problematic because different observers and constituencies often have different opinions about what types of change are clinically important and how much change is significant...
  23. ncbi Interpersonal control, expressed emotion, and change in symptoms in families of persons with schizophrenia
    Anne K Wuerker
    School of Nursing, University of California, Factor 5 252, Box 956919, Los Angeles, CA 90095 6919, USA
    Schizophr Res 58:281-92. 2002
    ..Understanding how EE attitudes impact the struggles patients and relatives have in coping with schizophrenia is crucial to knowing how clinicians can support these families most effectively...
  24. ncbi Interaction of stress and strain on glutamatergic neurotransmission: relevance to schizophrenia
    Eddie N Billingslea
    Mental Health Service Line, Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN) 5, Department of Veterans Affairs, 849 International Drive, Suite 275, Linthicum, MD 21090, USA
    Pharmacol Biochem Behav 74:351-6. 2003
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  25. ncbi Traumatic life events and PTSD among women with substance use disorders and schizophrenia
    Jean S Gearon
    University of Maryland School of Medicine, and VA Maryland Health Care System, 10 North Greene Street, Suite 6A MIRECC, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
    Psychiatr Serv 54:523-8. 2003
    ..The association between PTSD and specific traumatic life events was also examined...
  26. ncbi A review of cognitive training in schizophrenia
    Elizabeth W Twamley
    University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA
    Schizophr Bull 29:359-82. 2003
    ..Our recommendations for further research, including the use of functional outcome measures and long-term followup, highlight the importance of improving ecological validity in this area of treatment research...
  27. ncbi Race, family interactions, and patient stabilization in schizophrenia
    Irwin S Rosenfarb
    California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University, San Diego, CA 92131, USA
    J Abnorm Psychol 113:109-15. 2004
    ..Findings suggest that family relationships may play in important role in determining whether patients stabilize after an acute episode. Results also point to the importance of cultural factors in predicting patient stabilization...
  28. ncbi Behavioral consequences of methyllycaconitine in mice: a model of alpha7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor deficiency
    Melissa Chilton
    Mental Health Service Line, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 50 Irving Street, NW, Washington, DC 20422, USA
    Life Sci 74:3133-9. 2004
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  29. ncbi Age, expressed emotion, and interpersonal control patterning in families of persons with schizophrenia
    Anne K Wuerker
    Factor 5 252, UCLA School of Nursing, Box 956919, 90095 6919, USA
    Psychiatry Res 109:161-70. 2002
    ..The over-responsive families may need advice on how to create more distance, or how to be more objective, but the distant families may need more support and encouragement to communicate and problem-solve...
  30. ncbi Development of a comprehensive measure to assess clinical issues in dual diagnosis patients: The Substance Use Event Survey for Severe Mental Illness
    Melanie E Bennett
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 737 West Lombard Street, Suite 551, Baltimore, Maryland, 21201, USA
    Addict Behav 31:2249-67. 2006
    ..The SUESS appears to be a useful assessment that is tolerated and understood by dual diagnosis patients, and shows good preliminary reliability and validity...
  31. ncbi Preliminary reliability and validity of the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale for schizophrenia
    Jean S Gearon
    Veterans Affairs, Capitol Health Care Network, Mental Illness Research Education Clinical Center, and Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
    J Consult Clin Psychol 72:121-5. 2004
    ..There is also preliminary evidence of discriminant validity. These results support the use of the CAPS-S in women with schizophrenia...
  32. ncbi Affectivity in the problem-solving interactions of schizophrenia patients and their family members
    Jack J Blanchard
    Department of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 4411, USA
    Schizophr Res 69:105-17. 2004
    ..Additionally, these results suggest that schizophrenic symptoms, by themselves, may contribute little to the conflict between patients and their family members...
  33. ncbi Family interactions and the course of schizophrenia in African American and White patients
    Irwin S Rosenfarb
    California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University, San Diego, CA 92131, USA
    J Abnorm Psychol 115:112-20. 2006
    ..For Whites, the combination of patients' odd or unusual thinking with relatives and relatives' critical and intrusive behavior toward patients may be especially predictive of an adverse course...
  34. ncbi A sociocultural stress, appraisal, and coping model of subjective burden and family attitudes toward patients with schizophrenia
    Irwin S Rosenfarb
    California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University, San Diego, CA 92131, USA
    J Abnorm Psychol 115:157-65. 2006
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