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Species | Efrat AharonovichSummaryAffiliation: Columbia University Country: USA Publications
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Concurrent cannabis use during treatment for comorbid ADHD and cocaine dependence: effects on outcomeEfrat Aharonovich
Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 32:629-35. 2006..02). This study is the first to examine concurrent cannabis use in cocaine dependent patients diagnosed with ADHD...
Cognitive deficits in marijuana users: Effects on motivational enhancement therapy plus cognitive behavioral therapy treatment outcomeEfrat Aharonovich
Columbia University, Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 95:279-83. 2008..If supported by further studies, the findings may help inform the development of interventions tailored for cognitively impaired marijuana-dependent patients...- Cognitive impairment, retention and abstinence among cocaine abusers in cognitive-behavioral treatmentEfrat Aharonovich
Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 71:207-11. 2003..This study provides preliminary evidence that cognitive impairments may decrease treatment retention and abstinence in CBT of cocaine dependence... - Cognition, commitment language, and behavioral change among cocaine-dependent patientsEfrat Aharonovich
Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 22:557-62. 2008..Future clinical studies should further investigate the relations between cognition and commitment to change and their differential contributions to treatment processes and outcome... - Postdischarge cannabis use and its relationship to cocaine, alcohol, and heroin use: a prospective studyEfrat Aharonovich
Division on Substance Abuse, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
Am J Psychiatry 162:1507-14. 2005..Because cannabis is a widely used substance, the authors examined whether cannabis use during follow-up after discharge from inpatient treatment affected cocaine, alcohol, and/or heroin use... - Cognitive deficits predict low treatment retention in cocaine dependent patientsEfrat Aharonovich
College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, Division on Substance Abuse, 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 120, New York, NY 10032, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 81:313-22. 2006..Modified behavioral and pharmacologic interventions should be considered to target mild cognitive impairments to improve substance treatment outcome... - Alcohol dependence symptoms and alcohol dehydrogenase 2 polymorphism: Israeli Ashkenazis, Sephardics, and recent Russian immigrantsDeborah Hasin
Division of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health and the Department of Psychiatry Colle of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, and the New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York 10032, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 26:1315-21. 2002..We studied the relationship of ADH2*2 to DSM-IV dependence severity in a random community sample of Israeli Ashkenazis, recent Russian immigrants (also Ashkenazis), and Sephardics... - A randomized placebo-controlled trial of gabapentin for cocaine dependenceAdam Bisaga
Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 81:267-74. 2006..Gabapentin is an anticonvulsant medication that increases human brain GABA levels. We evaluated the safety and efficacy of gabapentin combined with relapse-prevention therapy in the treatment of cocaine-dependent individuals... - Alcohol use disorders and perceived drinking norms: ethnic differences in Israeli adultsDvora Shmulewitz
New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York, Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 73:981-90. 2012..We tested perceived drinking norms as a mediator of differences between FSU immigrants and other Israelis in drinking and AUDs... - A placebo-controlled trial of memantine for cocaine dependence with high-value voucher incentives during a pre-randomization lead-in periodAdam Bisaga
Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 111:97-104. 2010..Targeting the latter subgroup may advance medication development efforts... - Effects of major depressive disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder on the outcome of treatment for cocaine dependenceFrances R Levin
New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 34:80-9. 2008.... - Early abstinence in cocaine dependence: influence of comorbid major depressionEric Rubin
Division on Substance Abuse, Department of Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA
Am J Addict 16:283-90. 2007..By Day 3, BDI scores improved for both CD and CD + MDD groups. The mood response to cocaine cessation among CD + MDD individuals resembled that of CD participants, contrary to some expectations... - Cannabis withdrawal in the United States: results from NESARCDeborah S Hasin
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Dr, Box 123, New York, NY 10032, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 69:1354-63. 2008..Although cannabis is the most widely abused illicit drug, little is known about the prevalence of cannabis withdrawal and its factor structure, clinical validity, and psychiatric correlates in the general population... - Severity of dependence and motivation for treatment: comparison of marijuana- and cocaine-dependent treatment seekersFrances R Levin
New York State Psychiatric Institute and Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Drive, Unit 66, New York, NY 10032, USA
J Addict Dis 25:33-41. 2006.... - Nicotine dependence, abuse and craving: dimensionality in an Israeli sampleDvora Shmulewitz
New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
Addiction 106:1675-86. 2011..Because DSM-IV did not include a category for nicotine abuse, little empirical support is available for aligning the nicotine use disorder criteria with the DSM-5 criteria for other SUDs... - Temperament characteristics, as assessed by the tridimensional personality questionnaire, moderate the response to sertraline in depressed opiate-dependent methadone patientsWilfrid Noel Raby
Substance Treatment and Research Service S T A R S, Division on Substance Abuse, Department of Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Drive, NYC, NY 10032, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 81:283-92. 2006..These results suggest that temperament dimensions may be important for identifying substance dependent patients more likely to benefit from pharmacological interventions for comorbid depressive disorders... - Antisocial behavioral syndromes in cocaine and cannabis dependenceJohn J Mariani
New York State Psychiatric Institute, Division on Substance Abuse, New York, NY 10032, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 34:405-14. 2008..Antisocial behavioral syndromes are commonly diagnosed in patients with SUD and future research should evaluate prognostic implications of AABS compared to ASPD in a variety of clinical treatment settings... - Utility of lead-in period in cocaine dependence pharmacotherapy trialsAdam Bisaga
Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, NY, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 77:7-11. 2005..Findings of this study suggest that route and level of cocaine use during lead-in be used as a covariate in models testing treatment effect... 
Developing therapies for depression in drug dependence: results of a stage 1 therapy studyKenneth M Carpenter
New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 34:642-52. 2008....- Suicide attempts in substance abusers: effects of major depression in relation to substance use disordersEfrat Aharonovich
College of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, USA
Am J Psychiatry 159:1600-2. 2002..The authors' goal was to investigate whether subtypes of DSM-IV depression predict suicidal behavior among patients with substance dependence... - The dimensionality of alcohol use disorders: results from IsraelDvora Shmulewitz
New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY 10032, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 111:146-54. 2010..We investigated DSM-IV Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) criteria in Israel, where per-capita alcohol consumption is low... - Behavior therapy for depression in drug dependence (BTDD): results of a stage Ia therapy development pilotKenneth M Carpenter
Division on Substance Abuse, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10032, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 32:541-8. 2006..There were no changes in opiate and cocaine use. BTDD may be a useful adjunct to methadone maintenance for treating comorbid depressive disorders... - HealthCall: technology-based extension of motivational interviewing to reduce non-injection drug use in HIV primary care patients - a pilot studyEfrat Aharonovich
Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
AIDS Care 24:1461-9. 2012..A larger efficacy trial of HealthCall for NIDU-reduction in such settings is warranted... - Effects of independent and substance-induced major depressive disorder on remission and relapse of alcohol, cocaine and heroin dependenceSharon Samet
School of Social Work, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Addiction 108:115-23. 2013..Little is known about the differential effects of independent and substance-induced major depression on the longitudinal course of alcohol, cocaine and heroin disorders when studied prospectively... - Adult transition from at-risk drinking to alcohol dependence: the relationship of family history and drinking motivesCheryl L Beseler
New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York 10032, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 32:607-16. 2008..The focus of this study is the conjoint, prospective examination of these risk factors in a 10-year longitudinal study of adults who were at-risk drinkers at baseline... - Identification of population substructure among Jews using STR markers and dependence on reference populations includedJennifer B Listman
Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
BMC Genet 11:48. 2010.... - Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Middle-aged Versus Younger Adults Enrolled in a Clinical Trial of a Web-delivered Psychosocial Treatment for Substance Use DisordersRaj K Kalapatapu
From the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center RKK, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco New York State Psychiatric Institute AC, EA, M Ch, FRL, and EVN, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, and Department of Psychiatry AC, EA, M Ch, FRL, and EVN, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York
J Addict Med 7:66-72. 2013..The objective of this secondary analysis was to add to the growing empirical literature on the unique features of middle-aged substance abuse populations... - Alcohol and ADH2 in Israel: Ashkenazis, Sephardics, and recent Russian immigrantsDeborah Hasin
Division of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York 10032, USA
Am J Psychiatry 159:1432-4. 2002.... - Effect of ADH1B genotype on alcohol consumption in young Israeli JewsBaruch Spivak
Beer Yaa kov Mental Hospital, Tel Aviv, Israel
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 31:1297-301. 2007..Alcohol consumption is increasing among younger Israeli Jews, reflecting environmental influences. We investigated whether the relationship of ADH1B genotype with alcohol consumption differed between younger and older adult Israelis...
Research Grants
- Cognitive Deficits: Treatment Outcome in Cocaine AbusersEfrat Aharonovich; Fiscal Year: 2004..abstract_text> ..
- Cognition in Cocaine Dependence: Assessment & TherapyEfrat Aharonovich; Fiscal Year: 2007..The goal of this mentored clinical scientist award is to enhance the developing clinical research skills of Efrat Aharonovich, Ph.D...
- Modified Behavioral Treatment for Cocaine Patients with Cognitive DeficitsEfrat Aharonovich; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- Modified Behavioral Treatment for Cocaine Patients with Cognitive DeficitsEfrat Aharonovich; Fiscal Year: 2010....
- HealthCall: Brief Intervention to Reduce Drug Use in HIV Primary CareEfrat Aharonovich; Fiscal Year: 2010..We propose to study the efficacy of a technologically-enhanced brief intervention to reduce NIDU in HIV primary care patients that demands little from busy medical staff and is well-accepted by patients. ..