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| Sarah W BookSummaryAffiliation: Medical University of South Carolina Country: USA Publications
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Treating individuals with social anxiety disorder and at-risk drinking: Phasing in a brief alcohol intervention following paroxetineSarah W Book
Charleston Alcohol Research Center, Medical University of South Carolina, 67 President Street, Charleston, SC 29425, United States Electronic address
J Anxiety Disord 27:252-8. 2013..3). Paroxetine decreased social anxiety severity in the face of heavy drinking and decreasing the anxiety was related to a concurrent decrease in coping related drinking. BI was not effective at decreasing drinking or drinking to cope...
Severity of anxiety in mental health versus addiction treatment settings when social anxiety and substance abuse are comorbidSarah W Book
Charleston Alcohol Research Center, Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, 67 President Street, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Addict Behav 37:1158-61. 2012..The results suggest that clinicians should attend to social anxiety symptom severity in patients with co-occurring social anxiety and addiction, regardless of the condition for which treatment is sought...- Client attitudes toward alcohol use self-reportSarah W Book
Charleston Alcohol Research Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA
Subst Abus 33:124-9. 2012..Thus, mental health clinicians should not be deterred from alcohol screening by perceived negative attitudes from patients... 
Novel anticonvulsants in the treatment of alcoholismSarah W Book
Medical University of South Carolina, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Charleston Alcohol Research Center, 67 President Street, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Expert Opin Investig Drugs 14:371-6. 2005..Although none of these agents have yet been approved by the FDA, there is growing evidence in the literature to support their use...- Paroxetine reduces social anxiety in individuals with a co-occurring alcohol use disorderSarah W Book
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
J Anxiety Disord 22:310-8. 2008..This study provides the first evidence-based recommendation for the use of an SSRI to treat social anxiety in this patient population... - Social anxiety impacts willingness to participate in addiction treatmentSarah W Book
Charleston Alcohol Research Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, 67 President Street, 4 North, MSC 861, Charleston, SC 29425, United States
Addict Behav 34:474-6. 2009..Socially anxious substance abusers were 4-8 times more likely to endorse that shyness interfered with addiction treatment activities. These findings have clinical and research implications... - Treatment of social anxiety with paroxetine: mediation of changes in anxiety and depression symptomsJared P Dempsey
Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Compr Psychiatry 50:135-41. 2009..These findings suggest that this pattern of mediational relationships may be fundamental to social anxiety, rather than specific to treatment modality or secondary comorbidity... - A complex relationship between co-occurring social anxiety and alcohol use disorders: what effect does treating social anxiety have on drinking?Suzanne E Thomas
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Charleston Alcohol Research Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 32:77-84. 2008..Interventions that reduce both social anxiety and drinking are needed. Paroxetine, an FDA-approved medication to treat social anxiety disorder, reduces anxiety in individuals with co-occurring alcohol problems... - Comorbidity of generalized anxiety disorder and alcohol use disorders among individuals seeking outpatient substance abuse treatmentJoshua P Smith
Charleston Alcohol Research Center, Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs, Medical University of South Carolina, South Carolina, USA
Addict Behav 35:42-5. 2010..Study findings provide initial evidence that GAD may be a prevalent and relevant factor among individuals with AUD seeking outpatient substance abuse treatment... - Medical treatment of alcohol dependence: a systematic reviewPeter M Miller
Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Int J Psychiatry Med 42:227-66. 2011..To summarize published data on pharmacologic treatments for alcohol dependence alone and in combination with brief psychosocial therapies that may be feasible for primary care and specialty medical settings... - Improving acceptance of naltrexone in community addiction treatment centers: a pilot studySuzanne E Thomas
Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs, Charleston Alcohol Research Center, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 35:260-8. 2008..This study is the first reported attempt to develop and test an intervention specifically to improve acceptance of adjunctive medications for alcoholism among nonmedical addiction professionals... - Training physician-scientists: a model for integrating research into psychiatric residencySudie E Back
Medical University of South Carolina, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, in Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA
Acad Psychiatry 35:40-5. 2011..Physicians with in-depth experience and formal training in research design, development, implementation, statistical analysis, and interpretation of scientific information are rare... - Clinical applications of modafinil in stimulant abusers: low abuse potentialRobert Malcolm
Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Am J Addict 11:247-9. 2002
Research Grants
- Training in Comorbidity of Alcoholism and Mental IllnessSARAH BOOK; Fiscal Year: 2007..Her ultimate goal is to become an independent clinical researcher, while still treating patients and providing didactic substance abuse education to future generations of medical professionals. ..