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| DEBORAH V DEASSummaryAffiliation: Medical University of South Carolina Country: USA Publications
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Improving diversity through strategic planning: a 10-year (2002-2012) experience at theMedical University of South CarolinaDeborah Deas
College of Medicine, Dean s Office, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA
Acad Med 87:1548-55. 2012..The authors emphasize the role of the stakeholders in promoting diversity, the value of annual assessment to evaluate outcomes, and the positive benefits for individuals of all backgrounds...- Evidence-based treatments for alcohol use disorders in adolescentsDeborah Deas
Institute of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Pediatrics 121:S348-54. 2008..Overall, great strides have been made in the area of adolescent alcohol treatment, and the treatment modalities presented have more than adequate potential for replication... 
Adolescent substance abuse and psychiatric comorbiditiesDeborah Deas
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29417, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 67:18-23. 2006..In addition, psychiatric disorders in adolescents often predate the substance use disorder. Once the substance use disorder develops, the psychiatric disorder may be further exacerbated...- Naltrexone treatment of adolescent alcoholics: an open-label pilot studyDeborah Deas
Medical University of South Carolina, Institute of Psychiatry, Alcohol Research Center, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA
J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 15:723-8. 2005..This 6-week open-label trial of naltrexone was conducted in a preliminary fashion to determine whether naltrexone would be safe, well tolerated, and lead to a reduction in alcohol consumption in adolescents with alcohol dependence... - Adolescents are not adults: developmental considerations in alcohol usersD Deas
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 24:232-7. 2000..Information from the symposium may be viewed as a springboard for future research and clinical intervention in adolescent substance abuse... - An overview of controlled studies of adolescent substance abuse treatmentD Deas
Alcohol Research Center, Institute of Psychiatry, 67 President St, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Am J Addict 10:178-89. 2001.... 
Confirmatory analysis of the adolescent obsessive compulsive drinking scale (A-OCDS): a measure of 'craving' and problem drinking in adolescents/young adultsDeborah Deas
Charleston Alcohol Research Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Department of Psychiatry, 29425, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 94:879-87. 2002..This scale may be useful as a screening tool, as well as monitoring change over time...- Advances in diagnosis of adolescent substance abuseKevin M Gray
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, 67 President Street, PO Box 250861, Charleston, 29425, USA
Adolesc Med Clin 17:411-25. 2006..The authors provide a synopsis of recent advances and important issues in this area and propose a stepwise, evidence-based approach to evaluation of substance abuse in adolescents... - Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, medication treatment, and substance use patterns among adolescents and young adultsHimanshu P Upadhyaya
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA
J Child Adolesc Psychopharmacol 15:799-809. 2005..The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between current active attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms, medication treatment, and substance use patterns among college students... - The A-OCDS predicts both craving and alcohol cue reactivity in adolescent alcoholicsSuzanne E Thomas
Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs, Institute of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, MUSC, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
Addict Behav 30:1638-48. 2005..The results are intended to guide future studies in which the A-OCDS may be employed to measure craving and changes in craving over the course of treatment for adolescents with alcohol dependence... - A practical clinical approach to the treatment of nicotine dependence in adolescentsHimanshu Upadhyaya
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 44:942-6. 2005 - Alcohol cue reactivity in alcohol-dependent adolescentsSuzanne E Thomas
Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs, Institute of Psychiatry, Medical University of South Carolina, 67 President Street, Charleston, South Carolina 29425, USA
J Stud Alcohol 66:354-60. 2005..Adolescents may also develop alcohol dependence, though it is uncertain whether they experience craving and cue reactivity in the presence of alcohol-associated stimuli... - Bupropion SR and contingency management for adolescent smoking cessationKevin M Gray
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 40:77-86. 2011..Combined bupropion SR and CM appears efficacious, at least in the short-term, for adolescent smoking cessation and may be superior to either intervention alone... - Cigarette smoking and psychiatric comorbidity in children and adolescentsHimanshu P Upadhyaya
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 41:1294-305. 2002..Child and adolescent psychiatry treatment programs may be a good setting for prevention efforts and treatment, which should focus on both nicotine dependence and psychiatric disorders... - Pharmacological management of a teen with significant alcohol use and depressionChristopher J Kratochvil
Department of Psychiatry, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-5581, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 45:1011-5. 2006 - Adolescent substance abuse and psychiatric comorbiditiesDeborah Deas
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA
J Clin Psychiatry 67:e02. 2006..Treatment of the psychiatric disorder often helps to alleviate the substance use disorder as well. This activity discusses the epidemiology, assessment, and treatment of this dual diagnosis... - An overview of controlled studies of anxiety disorders treatment in children and adolescentsRoxanne W Scott
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 97:13-24. 2005..More research is needed involving head-to-head trials of the different modalities...
Research Grants
- Naltrexone Treatment of Adolescent AlcoholicsDeborah Deas; Fiscal Year: 2006..Data from the proposed trial may assist in the development of guidelines for the use of pharmacotherapy in the treatment of adolescents with alcohol dependence. ..