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Enhanced emergency department referral improves primary care accessG M O'Brien
Division of General Internal Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence 02903, USA
Am J Manag Care 5:1265-9. 1999..People who use the emergency department (ED) as their main source of medical care cite access barriers to primary care as the reason. The purpose of this study was to test an intervention designed to refer regular ED users to primary care...
Receipt of disability payments by substance users: mental and physical health correlatesMichael D Stein
Department of Medicine, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Am J Addict 15:160-5. 2006..Longitudinal studies of disability status and its effects on the lives of substance users are warranted...
Nicotine and drug interaction expectancies among methadone maintained cigarette smokersMichael D Stein
Brown University and Division of General Internal Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, 593 Eddy Street, 02903, Providence, RI, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 24:357-61. 2003..NOSIE was a reliable instrument that offers insight into patient expectations of the interaction of smoking and drug use...
Reductions in HIV risk behaviors among depressed drug injectorsMichael D Stein
Department of Medicine, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 31:417-32. 2005..To determine if, by reducing depressive symptoms, combined psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy reduces HIV drug risk behavior compared to an assessment-only condition for active drug injectors over 9 months...
Pharmacotherapy plus psychotherapy for treatment of depression in active injection drug usersMichael D Stein
Department of Medicine, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 61:152-9. 2004..Depressive disorders are common among opiate abusers and are associated with detrimental behavioral effects. However, there is little precedent for offering active drug users complex treatments for depression...
Respiratory symptom relief related to reduction in cigarette useMichael D Stein
Division of General Internal Medicine, Brown University Medical School, Providence, RI 02903, USA
J Gen Intern Med 20:889-94. 2005..Many smokers reduce their cigarette consumption during failed attempts to quit. We report the impact of changes in consumption on smoking-related respiratory symptom severity (SRRSS)...
Adherence to treatment of depression in active injection drug users: the minerva studyMichael D Stein
Brown University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, 75 Waterman Street, Providence, RI 02912, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 26:87-93. 2004..01); frequency of heroin use was inversely associated with adherence. Developing public health treatment interventions to engage out-of-treatment, dually-diagnosed IDUs is possible...
A brief intervention for hazardous drinkers in a needle exchange programMichael D Stein
Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI 02912, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 22:23-31. 2002..Results from this study demonstrate that MI reduces drug-related HIV risk behaviors among active IDUs. As a brief intervention, MI may be a useful adjunct to existing services intended to reduce harm...
Sleep disturbances among methadone maintained patientsMichael D Stein
Rhode Island Hospital, Division of General Internal Medicine, 593 Eddy Street, Providence, RI, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 26:175-80. 2004..01). Targeting modifiable psychological and medical risk factors that are most strongly associated with sleep disturbance may improve quality of life in drug treatment...
Social support and zero sharing risk among hazardously drinking injection drug usersMichael D Stein
Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02912, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 23:225-30. 2002..Interventions that mobilize social support may increase the possibility of zero sharing, an important public health goal...
Persistence of antidepressant treatment effects in a pharmacotherapy plus psychotherapy trial for active injection drug usersMichael D Stein
Department of Medicine, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Am J Addict 14:346-57. 2005..Combined treatment is superior to an assessment-only condition in depression remission rates at the end-of-treatment, but this difference does not persist...
Screening for cervical cancer in HIV-infected women receiving care in the United StatesM D Stein
Division of General Internal Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University, 593 Eddy Street, Providence, RI 02903, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 27:463-6. 2001..We examined the sociodemographic, clinical and provider factors associated with screening for cervical cancer among HIV-infected women...
Depression severity and drug injection HIV risk behaviorsMichael D Stein
Department of Medicine, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Am J Psychiatry 160:1659-62. 2003..This study examined the association of depression severity and drug injection HIV risk behavior among injection drug users...
Buprenorphine retention in primary careMichael D Stein
Division of General Internal Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI 02903, USA
J Gen Intern Med 20:1038-41. 2005..This study assesses the rate and predictors of treatment retention for primary care patients with opioid dependence-prescribed buprenorphine, a long-acting partial opioid agonist...
A smoking cessation intervention for the methadone-maintainedMichael D Stein
Rhode Island Hospital, Division of General Internal Medicine, Brown University Medical School, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Addiction 101:599-607. 2006..To test, in combination with the nicotine patch, the incremental efficacy of a maximal, tailored behavioral treatment over a minimal treatment for smoking cessation...
Need for medical and psychosocial services among injection drug users: a comparative study of needle exchange and methadone maintenanceMichael D Stein
Brown University Medical School, Providence, RI, USA
Am J Addict 11:262-70. 2002..While HIV-infected drug users receive assistance through the Ryan White CARE Act, these findings suggest that seronegative drug users may benefit from similar community service programs...
A motivational intervention trial to reduce cocaine useMichael D Stein
Rhode Island Hospital, Division of General Internal Medicine, Providence, RI 02903, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 36:118-25. 2009..We conclude that this motivational intervention was more effective than assessment alone at reducing cocaine days among the heaviest community-based users. Both study conditions induced positive effects on cocaine use...
Perceived barriers to safe-injection practices among drug injectors who remain HCV-negativeMichael D Stein
Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island 02903, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 33:517-25. 2007..Despite, or perhaps because of, their HCV seronegative status, IDUs continue to share. Tailoring messages to modifiable perceptions of risk may be useful in reducing continued drug equipment sharing...
Relationship of depression to smoking outcomes in a methadone-maintained populationMichael D Stein
Division of General Internal Medicine, Brown University Medical School, Providence, RI 02903, USA
J Addict Dis 26:35-40. 2007..Depressive symptoms have little influence on smoking cessation outcomes in this population...
Smoking cessation patterns in methadone-maintained smokersMichael D Stein
Department of Medicine, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 9:421-8. 2007..Past quit attempts, self-efficacy, and constant nicotine replacement were associated with duration of abstinence among methadone-maintained smokers. Attention to these domains in future intervention studies may improve treatment success...
Injection frequency mediates health service use among persons with a history of drug injectionMichael D Stein
Brown University School of Medicine, 593 Eddy Street, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 70:159-68. 2003..92. NEP clients are more likely to have ER visits and hospitalizations than methadone clients. We describe a pathway by which injection frequency influences health service use...
A telephone-based intervention for depression in HIV patients: negative results from a randomized clinical trialMichael D Stein
Department of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, 593 Eddy Street, MPB 1, Providence, RI 02903, USA
AIDS Behav 11:15-23. 2007..We conclude that a psycho-educational telephone support intervention did not reduce depressive symptoms for HIV patients more than an assessment-only control condition...
A randomized trial of a brief alcohol intervention for needle exchangers (BRAINE)Michael D Stein
Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI, USA
Addiction 97:691-700. 2002..To test motivational interviewing (MI) as a brief intervention for reducing alcohol use among needle exchange clients...
Alcohol use and sexual risk behavior among human immunodeficiency virus-positive personsMichael Stein
Rhode Island Hospital, Division of General Internal Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island 02903, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 29:837-43. 2005..This study was undertaken to determine if alcohol use is associated with sexual risk taking among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected persons...
Delays in seeking HIV care due to competing caregiver responsibilitiesM D Stein
Division of General Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
Am J Public Health 90:1138-40. 2000..This study sought to describe the characteristics of HIV-infected persons who delay medical care for themselves because they are caring for others...
Use of antiretroviral therapies by HIV-infected persons receiving methadone maintenanceM D Stein
Division of General Internal Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence 02903, USA
J Addict Dis 19:85-94. 2000..We conclude that the model of referral for HIV care off-site does not appear to impede access to ART for HIV-infected IDUs in methadone maintenance...
Social relationships and intravenous drug use among methadone maintenance patientsA Gogineni
Department of General Internal Medicine, 593 Eddy St, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 64:47-53. 2001..These findings suggest that personal relationships strongly influence continued injection drug use and that methadone programs should help patients develop social networks of non-users...
Trillion virion delay: time from testing positive for HIV to presentation for primary careJ H Samet
Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine and Public Health, Mass, USA
Arch Intern Med 158:734-40. 1998..Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected individuals' initial presentation to medical care frequently occurs at a point of advanced immunosuppression...
Adherence to antiretroviral therapy among HIV-infected methadone patients: effect of ongoing illicit drug useM D Stein
Division of General Internal Medicine, Brown University School of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence 02903, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 26:195-205. 2000..Levels of nonadherence were comparable to estimates from other chronic diseases, but this finding has important implications for patients receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy...
The impact of competing subsistence needs and barriers on access to medical care for persons with human immunodeficiency virus receiving care in the United StatesW E Cunningham
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Med Care 37:1270-81. 1999..To examine whether competing subsistence needs and other barriers are associated with poorer access to medical care among persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), using self-reported data...
Effects of drug abuse and mental disorders on use and type of antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected personsB J Turner
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
J Gen Intern Med 16:625-33. 2001..To distinguish the effects of drug abuse, mental disorders, and problem drinking on antiretroviral therapy (ART) and highly active ART (HAART) use...
HIV-positive women: reasons they are tested for HIV and their clinical characteristics on entry into the health care systemM D Stein
Department of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
J Gen Intern Med 6:286-9. 1991..AIDS education strategies toward all women at risk must include information about manifestations of HIV disease in women, as well as preventive measures, to ensure early access to the health care system...
Alcohol use patterns predict high-risk HIV behaviors among active injection drug usersM D Stein
Providence Methadone and Injection Use Study, Division of General Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, 593 Eddy Street, Brown University, Providence, RI 02903, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 18:359-63. 2000..The results of this study showed that prevalence of alcohol abuse is high in this population and is associated with needle sharing. HIV prevention effects in needle exchange programs should address alcohol use...
Care of vaginal symptoms among HIV-infected womenM D Stein
Division of General Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02903, USA
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 25:51-5. 2000..Gynecologic disease is common in HIV-infected women. We examine the sociodemographic, clinical, and provider factors associated with the care of women with vaginal symptoms...
Evolution of depressive symptoms in human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients entering primary careJ B Savetsky
Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Massachusetts 02118, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 189:76-83. 2001..It is essential to screen, identify, and treat depression among patients entering care for HIV disease. Encouragement in joining support groups is a reasonable component of a strategy for addressing this common condition...
The functioning and well being of persons who seek treatment for drug and alcohol useM D Stein
Brown School of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence 02903, USA
J Subst Abuse 10:75-84. 1998..We conclude the MOS survey is a reliable measure of function and well being in this population. Like other chronic diseases, alcohol and drug use have powerful effects on quality of life...
Do internists and emergency physicians agree on the appropriateness of emergency department visits?G M O'Brien
Department of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence 02903, USA
J Gen Intern Med 12:188-91. 1997..As managed care grows, the determination of ED appropriateness may depend on open discussions between physician groups, as well as on access to timely care in office settings...
Understanding delay to medical care for HIV infection: the long-term non-presenterJ H Samet
Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine and Public Health, MA, USA
AIDS 15:77-85. 2001..To examine delayed presentation for HIV testing and primary care in the second decade of the AIDS epidemic...
Adverse drinking consequences among alcohol abusing intravenous drug usersB J Anderson
Division of General Internal Medicine, Brown University School of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence 02903, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 25:41-5. 2001....
Linkage to medical services in the Drug Abuse Treatment Outcome StudyP D Friedmann
Department of Medicine, Brown University School of Medicine and Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, 02903, USA
Med Care 39:284-95. 2001..However, little is known about the ability of organizational linkage mechanisms to facilitate the delivery of medical care to this population...
Transportation and retention in outpatient drug abuse treatment programsP D Friedmann
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brown University School of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI 02903, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 21:97-103. 2001..Future research should validate whether car, van, or contracted transportation services improve retention and other treatment outcomes in outpatient drug abuse treatment...
Interest in smoking cessation among injection drug usersJ G Clarke
Department of Medicine and Community Health, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Am J Addict 10:159-66. 2001..Although smoking cessation counseling should be offered to all smokers, interventions directed towards older individuals enrolled in MMTP may target the group most interested in smoking cessation...
Curbside consultation practices and attitudes among primary care physicians and medical subspecialistsD Kuo
Department of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
JAMA 280:905-9. 1998..Informal (curbside) consultations are an integral part of medical culture and may be of great value to patients and primary care physicians. However, little is known about physicians' behavior or attitudes toward curbside consultation...
Validation of the screening strategy in the NIAAA "Physicians' Guide to Helping Patients with Alcohol Problems"P D Friedmann
Division of General Internal Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence 02903, USA
J Stud Alcohol 62:234-8. 2001..quot;..
Economic effects of community versus hospital-based faculty pneumonia careM D Stein
Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence 02903, USA
J Gen Intern Med 13:774-7. 1998..Academic teaching services staffed by general medicine faculty may provide efficient inpatient pneumonia care...
Sexual risk for hepatitis B virus infection among hepatitis C virus-negative heroin and cocaine usersJ D Rich
Brown Medical School/The Miriam Hospital, Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Epidemiol Infect 134:478-84. 2006..It appears that HBV risk among HCV-negative drug users in this cohort is primarily due to sexual behaviour...
Hepatitis C disease among injection drug users: knowledge, perceived risk and willingness to receive treatmentM D Stein
Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University School of Medicine, 593 Eddy Street, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 61:211-5. 2001..Serologic confirmation of HCV status is important among drug users, as self-report of HCV infection is often unreliable. This population, with its high prevalence of HCV, may be interested in treatments that include interferon...
The association between age of hospitalized patients and the delivery of advanced cardiac life supportT R Fried
Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University, Providence, USA
J Gen Intern Med 11:257-61. 1996..The association between older age and short ACLS trials among all nonsurvivors suggests that age is most important of these characteristics...
Alcohol use and sexual risk taking among hazardously drinking drug injectors who attend needle exchangeM D Stein
Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 25:1487-93. 2001..To determine if sex-risk days are also alcohol use days for active injection drug users...
Differences in access to zidovudine (AZT) among symptomatic HIV-infected personsM D Stein
Department of Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
J Gen Intern Med 6:35-40. 1991..71 to 5.11). CONCLUSION: The authors conclude that traditionally disadvantaged groups have less access to AZT, the only antiretroviral agent demonstrated to increase survival of patients who have symptomatic HIV infection...
HIV-positive smokers considering quitting: differences by race/ethnicityElizabeth E Lloyd-Richardson
Brown Medical School, The Miriam Hospital, Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Am J Health Behav 32:3-15. 2008..To better characterize smoking in HIV-positive individuals and to identify critical components of a targeted smoking cessation intervention for multiethnic HIV-positive smokers...
Can differences in breast cancer utilities explain disparities in breast cancer care?Mark D Schleinitz
Department of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI 02903, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:1253-60. 2006..Whereas preference contributes to disparities in other health care scenarios, it is unclear if preference explains differential rates of breast cancer care...
Coping and burden among informal HIV caregiversPatricia Engler
Rhode Island Hospital, Division of General Internal Medicine, 593 Eddy Street, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Psychosom Med 68:985-92. 2006..The aim of this study was to examine the role of coping on caregiver burden among a heterogeneous group of caregivers of persons living with HIV during the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy...
Correlates of acceptance of a hypothetical gonorrhea vaccine by incarcerated womenLoida E Bonney
Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island 02906, USA
Sex Transm Dis 34:778-82. 2007..This study sought to identify correlates of acceptance of a hypothetical Neisseria gonorrhea (GC) vaccine in a high-risk sample of incarcerated women...
Adequacy of testing, empiric treatment, and referral for adult male emergency department patients with possible chlamydia and/or gonorrhoea urethritisR C Merchant
Department of Emergency Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Int J STD AIDS 20:534-9. 2009..More explicit guidance from CDC regarding syphilis testing and referral for further evaluation is needed...
Physicians' utilization of health careT J Wachtel
Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
J Gen Intern Med 10:261-5. 1995..Physicians appear to be low users of formal services overall, but high users of preventive care...
The ambulatory care of HIV-infected persons: a survey of physician practice patternsM D Stein
Division of General Internal Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence 02903
J Gen Intern Med 7:180-6. 1992..Such incorporation might increase guideline acceptance by practicing clinicians...
Relationship quality among HIV patients and their caregiversI W Miller
Psychosocial Research Program, Butler Hospital, Brown University, RI 02906, USA
AIDS Care 19:203-11. 2007..These results suggest that relationship quality is impaired in many patient-caregiver dyads and is uniquely associated with levels of depression, caregiver burden and treatment adherence...
HIV/AIDS patients' perspectives on adhering to regimens containing protease inhibitorsV E Stone
Department of Medicine, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket 02860, USA
J Gen Intern Med 13:586-93. 1998..This early positive "reputation" of PIs may enhance motivation for adherence. Those who are taking PIs invest substantial effort adhering to these complex regimens, but resent the need to make medications the focus of their lives...
Sexual risk behaviors among substance users: relationship to impulsivityJumi Hayaki
Department of Medicine, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI, US
Psychol Addict Behav 20:328-32. 2006..These findings suggest that trait impulsivity may be an independent risk factor for sexual risk behavior among substance users, thus identifying potential targets for future interventions...
Injection drug users: hospital care and chargesM D Stein
Division of General Internal Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University Medical School, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 64:117-20. 2001..7906). We conclude that considerable savings may result from preventative care of this population, including instruction in skin-cleaning techniques...
Changes in the pattern of drug overdosesM D Stein
Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island
J Gen Intern Med 8:179-84. 1993..Discharge disposition has changed over time and is related to patients' insurance status...
Motivation and patch treatment for HIV+ smokers: a randomized controlled trialElizabeth E Lloyd-Richardson
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI, USA
Addiction 104:1891-900. 2009..To test the efficacy of two smoking cessation interventions in a HIV positive (HIV+) sample: standard care (SC) treatment plus nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) versus more intensive motivationally enhanced (ME) treatment plus NRT...
Neurobehavioral functioning in asymptomatic HIV-1 infected womenR A Stern
Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI, USA
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 4:172-8. 1998..However, additional studies are needed with larger sample sizes and with careful attention to possible confounding or masking variables...
Continuity of medical care and risk of incarceration in HIV-positive and high-risk HIV-negative womenMary Sheu
Brown University Department of Medicine and Center for Statistical Sciences, Providence, Rhode Island
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 11:743-50. 2002....
Marijuana use subtypes in a community sample of young adult womenMarcel A de Dios
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Butler Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island 02906, USA
Womens Health Issues 20:201-10. 2010..This study sought to empirically derive marijuana user subtypes based on DSM abuse and dependence criteria and examine demographic and substance abuse distinctions of derived classes...
Overdoses among friends: drug users are willing to administer naloxone to othersTara Lagu
Department of Medicine and Community Health, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02912, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 30:129-33. 2006..Drug users were willing to use naloxone in the event of a friend's overdose. Specific drug use and overdose histories were associated with the greatest willingness to administer naloxone...
Correlates of condom use and reasons for condom non-use among drug usersCynthia Rosengard
Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island 02903, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 32:637-44. 2006..Tailoring messages to modifiable perceptions of risk and condom attitudes may be useful in reducing sexual risk among drug-using individuals...
Pregnancy attitudes and contraceptive plans among women entering jailJennifer G Clarke
Rhode Island Hospital, Department of General Medicine, and Brown University School of Medicine, 593 Eddy St, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Women Health 43:111-30. 2006..47%). Tailoring services to women's specific pregnancy attitudes during periods of incarceration may aid in preventing unplanned pregnancies in populations of high-risk women...
Nicotine replacement therapy: patterns of use after a quit attempt among methadone-maintained smokersMichael D Stein
Department of Medicine, Brown Medical School, Providence, RI, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:753-7. 2006..To determine the association between daily smoking and use of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), and to determine predictors of greater NRT use among methadone-maintained smokers...
Training primary care clinicians in maintenance care for moderated alcohol usePeter D Friedmann
Program to Integrate Psychosocial and Health Services, Research Service, Providence Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Providence, RI, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:1269-75. 2006..To evaluate whether training primary care clinicians in maintenance care for patients who have changed their drinking influences practice behavior...
Physician attitudes regarding the prescription of medical marijuanaAnthony Charuvastra
University of California at Los Angeles, USA
J Addict Dis 24:87-93. 2005..Physicians are, in general, less supportive than the general American public regarding the use of medical marijuana...
Optimizing opioid detoxification: rearranging deck chairs on the TitanicMichael D Stein
J Addict Dis 26:1-2. 2007
Levels of trauma among women inmates with HIV risk and alcohol use disorders: behavioral and emotional impactsMegan R Hebert
Rhode Island Hospital Substance Abuse Rresearch Unit, DGIM, Providence, RI 02903, USA
J Trauma Dissociation 8:27-46. 2007..Through identifying these separate classes, limited resources for trauma survivors in the correctional setting could be most appropriately allocated...
Do internal medicine residents find pain medication agreements useful?Mark J Fagan
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine Brown Medical School, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Clin J Pain 24:35-8. 2008..Little is known about whether internal medicine residents find pain management agreements (PMAs) useful or whether PMA use is associated with more positive attitudes toward patients with chronic noncancer pain (CNCP)...
Feasibility of gaining access to women in jail for health interventionsMegan R Hebert
Women Health 47:79-93. 2008..This study addressed the feasibility of recruiting detained women for eligibility for clinical research...
Prevalence and predictors of sexually transmitted infection among newly incarcerated femalesDenise M Willers
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine and Barnes Jewish Hospital, St Louis, Missouri 63108, USA
Sex Transm Dis 35:68-72. 2008..To examine demographic and behavioral characteristics in incarcerated women to determine which characteristics are associated with prevalent sexually transmitted infections (STIs)...
Marijuana use among young women in a primary care settingJennifer S Rose
Brown University School of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, 111 Plain St, Providence, RI 02903, USA
J Gen Intern Med 22:826-9. 2007..To evaluate the prevalence of marijuana use among young women, ages 18-24, within a primary care setting...
A latent class typology of young women smokersJennifer S Rose
Brown University School of Medicine and Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Addiction 102:1310-9. 2007..Using latent class analysis, we sought to profile patterns of behavioral, attitudinal and cognitive variables related to tobacco use among young women...
Women at risk for sexually transmitted diseases: correlates of intercourse without barrier contraceptionJeffrey F Peipert
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 197:474.e1-8. 2007..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the correlates of vaginal intercourse without barrier contraception (unprotected intercourse)...
Predictors of bacterial infections among HCV-negative injection drug users in Rhode IslandKristina T Phillips
School of Psychological Sciences, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado 80639, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 34:203-10. 2008..IDUs with no history of HCV infection experience bacterial infections, but at lower rates than other IDU cohorts. Behavioral interventions should target bacterial infections as well as HCV or HIV prevention outcomes...
Reproductive health care and family planning needs among incarcerated womenJennifer G Clarke
Rhode Island Hospital DGIM, MPB 1, 593 Eddy Street, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Am J Public Health 96:834-9. 2006..We assessed the level of risk for sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and the reproductive health needs of 484 incarcerated women in Rhode Island to plan an intervention for women returning to the community...
A syringe prescription program to prevent infectious disease and improve health of injection drug usersJosiah D Rich
School of Medicine at Brown University, The Miriam Hospital, 164 Summit Avenue, Providence, RI 02906, USA
J Urban Health 81:122-34. 2004..The syringe prescription program in Providence represents a promising and innovative approach to disease prevention and treatment for IDUs...
Utilization of preventive health services by HIV-seronegative injection drug usersKelly A McGarry
Division of General Internal Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence 02903, USA
J Addict Dis 21:93-102. 2002..Given the burden of disease among IDUs, our findings suggest the need for a distinct set of testing and vaccination guidelines for the HIV-seronegative IDU population...
HIV prevention services in correctional drug treatment programs: do they change risk behaviors?Rebecca A Ballard Lubelczyk
Department of Medicine, Brown University School of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 14:117-25. 2002..This analysis suggests that HIV prevention services are beneficial in reducing risk behavior among incarcerated individuals whose discharge is expected in the near future...
The impact of smoking cessation on drug abuse treatment outcomeStephenie C Lemon
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, 593 Eddy Street, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Addict Behav 28:1323-31. 2003..04). Despite drug abuse treatment programs' hesitance to encourage smokers to quit, smoking cessation does not negatively impact drug use outcomes...
Alcohol use disorders in primary care: do gender-specific differences exist?Rebecca S Brienza
Yale Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program, Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, New Haven, Conn, USA
J Gen Intern Med 17:387-97. 2002..To describe how alcohol use disorders (AUDs) affect women, focusing on gender-specific implications for primary care physicians (PCPs)...
Accessibility of addiction treatment: results from a national survey of outpatient substance abuse treatment organizationsPeter D Friedmann
Division of General Internal Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence 02903, USA
Health Serv Res 38:887-903. 2003..4 to 4.3). CONCLUSIONS: Although the provision of timely addiction treatment appears to have increased throughout the 1990s, accessibility problems persist in programs that care for indigent patients and in methadone maintenance programs...
Discontinuation from HIV medical care: squandering treatment opportunitiesJeffrey H Samet
Boston Medical Center, Boston University, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 14:244-55. 2003..One-fifth of HIV-infected patients did not remain engaged in primary care after establishing this essential link to treatment...
Alcohol and HIV risk taking among intravenous drug usersMichael D Stein
Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI, USA
Addict Behav 27:727-36. 2002..To determine if drug risk days are also alcohol use days for active injection drug users (IDUs)...
Community referral sources and entry of treatment-naive clients into outpatient addiction treatmentPeter D Friedmann
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brown Medical School and Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island 02903, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 29:105-15. 2003..These results highlight the role of coercive community institutions in treatment outreach efforts to persons in earlier phases of the "addiction career."..
Treatment of sleep disturbance in alcohol recovery: a national survey of addiction medicine physiciansPeter D Friedmann
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brown University School of Medicine and Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI 02903, USA
J Addict Dis 22:91-103. 2003..Although the treatment of disordered sleep among alcoholic patients in early recovery may have merit to prevent relapse, controlled studies of these sleep agents are needed...
Predictors of follow-up health status in the Drug Abuse Treatment Outcome Study (DATOS)Peter D Friedmann
Department of Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, 593 Eddy Street, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 69:243-51. 2003..Future research should examine whether early identification and treatment of physical and mental health problems among patients in addiction treatment programs might remediate their adverse effects on long-term health status outcomes...
Delay in obtaining conventional healthcare by female internal medicine patients who use herbal therapiesRebecca S Brienza
Yale Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency Program, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
J Womens Health Gend Based Med 11:79-87. 2002..Predictors for delay may alert physicians to educate their patients before delaying care...
Effect of primary medical care on addiction and medical severity in substance abuse treatment programsPeter D Friedmann
Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brown University School of Medicine and Rhode Island Hospital, Providence 02903, USA
J Gen Intern Med 18:1-8. 2003..To examine whether the availability of primary medical care on-site at addiction treatment programs or off-site by referral improves patients' addiction severity and medical outcomes, compared to programs that offer no primary care...
Intravenous drug users' HIV-risk behaviors with primary/other partnersCynthia Rosengard
Department of Medicine, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 30:225-36. 2004..Evaluation of intervention effects should use partner-specific assessments of risk behavior...
Improving birth control service utilization by offering services prerelease vs postincarcerationJennifer G Clarke
Division of General Internal Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, MPB 1, 593 Eddy Street, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Am J Public Health 96:840-5. 2006..We examined whether incarcerated women would substantially increase birth control initiation if contraceptive services were available within the prison compared with after their release back into the community...
Disturbed sleep and its relationship to alcohol useMichael D Stein
Brown Medical School, Division of General Internal Medicine, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Subst Abus 26:1-13. 2005..Future studies of this relationship should employ prospective designs with standardized, validated measures of both sleep and alcohol use. Rigorous treatment studies for chronic insomnia in alcohol dependent patients are also needed...
Use and assessment of complementary and alternative therapies by intravenous drug usersEric Manheimer
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Center for Integrative Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21207, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 29:401-13. 2003..There was a high level of self-perceived effectiveness of CAM therapies (4.1 on a scale of 1-5), and CAM users were likely to use CAM for reasons related to their addiction...
HIV and HCV testing for young drug users in Rhode IslandDavid Pugatch
Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island 02903, USA
J Adolesc Health 38:302-4. 2006..2% reported ever testing for HIV versus 51.2% for HCV (p < .001). Young injectors were under-screened for HCV compared with the far less prevalent HIV infection...
Do mechanisms that link addiction treatment patients to primary care influence subsequent utilization of emergency and hospital care?Peter D Friedmann
Program to Integrate Psychosocial and Health Services, Research Service, Providence Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Department of Medicine, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island 02903, USA
Med Care 44:8-15. 2006....
Research Grants
- Mid-Career Investigator Award in Substance Abuse - ResearchMichael Stein; Fiscal Year: 2007..Stein's interest in translating this research to primary care and substance abuse treatment settings while mentoring new clinical investigators. ..
- Antidepressants During Office-based BuprenorphineMichael Stein; Fiscal Year: 2007..The focus of this study, the evaluation of combinations of medications, to treat substance-related disorders, fits squarely within the emphasis of this RFA. ..
