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Addiction Severity Index Recent and Lifetime summary indexes based on nonparametric item response theory methodsArthur I Alterman
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, PA, USA
Psychol Assess 19:119-32. 2007..NIRT-based methods were able to add to findings produced previously by classical psychometric methods and appear to offer promise for the psychometric analysis of complex, mixed-format instruments such as the ASI-5...- Varying results for immunoassay screening kits for cotinine levelArthur I Alterman
Treatment Research Center, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and Behavioral Health, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia 19104, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 16:256-9. 2002..The findings indicate that use of screening ELISA/EIA for urine cotinine can detect unreported cases of smoking in former patients, but that care is needed in selecting a laboratory for conducting these tests... - Alcohol dependence and abuse in three groups at varying familial alcoholism riskArthur I Alterman
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia 19104, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 70:336-43. 2002..The WGM model temporal onset findings versus DSM-IV and the high lifetime diagnostic rates obtained suggest some limitations of the DSM-IV diagnoses... - Reliability and validity of the alcohol short index of problems and a newly constructed drug short index of problemsArthur I Alterman
Center for Studies of Addiction, University of Pennsylvania, 3440 Market Street, Suite 370, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 70:304-7. 2009.... - The validity of the interviewer severity ratings in groups of ASI interviewers with varying trainingA I Alterman
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Addiction 96:1297-305. 2001.... - Short- and long-term smoking cessation for three levels of intensity of behavioral treatmentA I Alterman
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia 19104, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 15:261-4. 2001..Group differences approached statistical significance at 9 weeks and were statistically significant at both 26 and 52 weeks. The cost of LI treatment was $308, that of MI was $338, and the HI treatment cost was $582... - Measurement of mental health in substance use disorder outpatientsArthur I Alterman
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 39:408-14. 2010..Correlations between MH attributes and recent life problems of patients with SUD generally supported the concurrent validity of the MH measures... - A comparison of the predictive validity of four sets of baseline ASI summary indicesA I Alterman
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and Department of Psychiatry, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 15:159-62. 2001.... - Comparison of embedded and isolated administrations of the California Psychological Inventory's Socialization subscaleArthur I Alterman
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 3440 Market Street, Suite 370, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
Psychol Assess 15:64-70. 2003.... - Prediction of 7 months methadone maintenance treatment response by four measures of antisocialityA I Alterman
University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, Treatment Research Center, Philadelphia 19104, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 49:217-23. 1998..None of the predictors were significantly associated with self reported improvement in the CSs. The PCL-R and CPI-So were more successful in predicting outcomes than the two behavior-based measures... - Reliability and validity of the Cocaine Selective Severity AssessmentK M Kampman
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA
Addict Behav 23:449-61. 1998..The CSSA appears to be a reliable and valid measure of cocaine abstinence symptoms and a useful predictor of negative outcomes in cocaine dependence treatment... - Validity of the psychopathy checklist-revised in male methadone patientsM J Rutherford
University of Pennsylvania, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Piladelphia, 19104, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 44:143-9. 1997..Results provide evidence of construct validity for the PCL-R, particularly total and Factor 2 scores, in male methadone patients... - Gender differences in the relationship of antisocial personality disorder criteria to Psychopathy Checklist-Revised scoresM J Rutherford
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, PA 19104, USA
J Pers Disord 12:69-76. 1998..Adult APD, however, had a stronger relationship to the Total and Factor 1 PCR-R scores in women compared to men, whereas child APD criteria were significantly related, although weakly, to Factor 1 scores for men, but not for women... - Amantadine in the treatment of cocaine-dependent patients with severe withdrawal symptomsK M Kampman
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvannia School of Medicine, Philadelphia, 19104, USA
Am J Psychiatry 157:2052-4. 2000..The study examined the effectiveness of amantadine in reducing cocaine withdrawal symptoms and improving treatment outcome among cocaine-dependent patients in outpatient treatment... - The relationship of psychiatric comorbidity to treatment outcomes in methadone maintained patientsJ S Cacciola
The University of Pennsylvania Medical School Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Center for the Studies of Addiction, Building 3, University and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104 6021, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 61:271-80. 2001..Admission and month 7 substance use were, for the most part, not related to psychiatric comorbidity, although there was a trend indicating more treatment attrition for participants with personality disorders... - Random versus nonrandom assignment in the evaluation of treatment for cocaine abusersJ R McKay
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 66:697-701. 1998..Findings suggest that randomized studies of treatment for cocaine abuse may produce somewhat larger estimates of improvement than what is observed in more typical treatment situations... - Nicodermal patch adherence and its correlatesA I Alterman
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19104, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 53:159-65. 1999.... - Treatment services received by supplemental security income drug and alcoholic clientsA I Alterman
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Treatment Research Center, 3900 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 18:209-15. 2000..The data are consistent with other findings that indicate that treatment for substance dependence provides only limited services other than those for alcohol and drug abuse... - Baseline prediction of 7-month cocaine abstinence for cocaine dependence patientsA I Alterman
Treatment Research Center, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 3900 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 59:215-21. 2000..The findings point to the difficulty of predicting long-term outcomes in cocaine dependent patients based on baseline information and to the importance of obtaining objective data on cocaine use... - The effectiveness of two intensities of psychosocial treatment for cocaine dependenceD M Coviello
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and VA Medical Center, 3900 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 61:145-54. 2001.... - Cocaine withdrawal symptoms and initial urine toxicology results predict treatment attrition in outpatient cocaine dependence treatmentK M Kampman
University of Pennsylvania Treatment Research Center, 3900 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 15:52-9. 2001..The presence of cocaine withdrawal symptoms and a positive urine toxicology screen are clinically useful predictors of treatment attrition... - Effectiveness of propranolol for cocaine dependence treatment may depend on cocaine withdrawal symptom severityK M Kampman
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 63:69-78. 2001..Propranolol may be useful only for the treatment of cocaine dependent patients with severe cocaine withdrawal symptoms... - The Addiction Severity Index at 25: origins, contributions and transitionsA Thomas McLellan
The Treatment Research Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Am J Addict 15:113-24. 2006..Finally, some recent ASI data collected from over 8,400 patients admitted to a nationally representative sample of U.S. addiction treatment programs are presented... - A community-based trial of vocational problem-solving to increase employment among methadone patientsD A Zanis
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 21:19-26. 2001..Unemployment remains a common problem among methadone patients. This study examined the effectiveness of the Vocational Problem-Solving Skills (VPSS) intervention to help unemployed methadone patients obtain employment... - A psychometric evaluation of the Defense Style Questionnaire in methadone patientsM J Rutherford
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104, USA
J Pers Disord 12:119-25. 1998..Findings from this investigation stress the importance of requiring and evaluating the psychometric integrity of an instrument before employing it in research... - Familial risk for alcoholism and self-reported psychopathologyA I Alterman
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 14:19-28. 2000..Finally, statistically controlling for normal variations in response style reduced the number of group differences, although the same patterns persisted... - Predictive validity of the Addiction Severity Index's composite scores in the assessment of 2-year outcomes in a methadone maintenance populationG B Bovasso
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 15:171-6. 2001..The results support the predictive validity of most of the ASI CSs as measures of specific problems as well as the validity of the multidimensional construct on which the ASI is based... - Continuing care for cocaine dependence: comprehensive 2-year outcomesJ R McKay
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 67:420-7. 1999..In addition, patients with current cocaine or alcohol dependence on entering continuing care who received RP had better cocaine use outcomes in Months 1-6 and better alcohol use outcomes in Months 13-24 than those in STND... - The prediction of violent and nonviolent criminal behavior in a methadone maintenance populationGregory B Bovasso
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Philadelphia, USA
J Pers Disord 16:360-73. 2002..The DSM construct and diagnosis of Antisocial Personality Disorder may be enhanced by greater emphasis on personality traits associated with antisocial behavior... - Posttraumatic stress disorder and other psychopathology in substance abusing patientsJohn S Cacciola
The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Center for Studies of Addiction, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 101:27-33. 2009..The findings suggest that it is not PTSD per se, but the frequent co-occurrence of PTSD and other psychopathology that largely accounts for previously reported greater problem severity of SUD patients with PTSD... - Initial reliability and validity studies of the revised Treatment Services Review (TSR-6)John S Cacciola
University of Pennsylvania Center for Studies of Addiction, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA The Treatment Research Institute, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 92:37-47. 2008..Report the results of initial reliability and validity analyses for a revised Treatment Services Review (TSR-6) instrument which measures a broader range of services than the original TSR... - Adding a nicotine blocking agent to cigarette taperingPeter Gariti
Treatment Research Center, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 27:17-25. 2004..Biochemically confirmed abstinence rates at followups did not differ between treatment groups (AD&C = 10%, 13%, 10% vs. PD&C = 3%, 10%, 13%). There is not enough evidence to suggest a Stage II trial... - Initial evidence for the reliability and validity of a "Lite" version of the Addiction Severity IndexJohn S Cacciola
University of Pennsylvania Center for Studies of Addiction, 3440 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 87:297-302. 2007..To evaluate the psychometric properties of a shortened version of the baseline ASI-5, the ASI-L-VA... - A randomized trial of oral naltrexone for treating opioid-dependent offendersDonna M Coviello
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA coviello
Am J Addict 19:422-32. 2010..The study provides limited support for the use of oral naltrexone for offenders who are not closely monitored by the criminal justice system... - The effectiveness of outreach case management in re-enrolling discharged methadone patientsDonna M Coviello
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 3900 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 85:56-65. 2006..The aim of this project was to evaluate the effectiveness of outreach case management for post-discharged methadone patients... - Detecting smoking following smoking cessation treatmentPeter Gariti
Department of Psychiatry, Treatment Research Center, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 3900 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 65:191-6. 2002..These findings suggest that use of urine analysis for COT may lead to more accurate but lowered measured abstinence rates... - Cocaine withdrawal severity and urine toxicology results from treatment entry predict outcome in medication trials for cocaine dependenceKyle M Kampman
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104, USA
Addict Behav 27:251-60. 2002..Urine toxicology results and CSSA scores obtained at treatment entry are useful predictors of outcome in outpatient cocaine dependence treatment... - The role of family history in addiction severity and treatment responseDonna M Coviello
Treatment Research Center, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 26:303-13. 2004..However, when accounting for baseline differences, the regression analyses demonstrated that familial risk was not predictive of drug treatment outcomes after 6 months of methadone maintenance treatment... - Validating a dipstick method for detecting recent smokingPeter Gariti
University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center Group, Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center and University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 6178, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 11:1123-5. 2002..The findings have implications for investigators who accept self-reported smoking status without biochemical verification... - Comparison of outcomes by gender and for fee-for-service versus managed care: a study of nine community programsA I Alterman
The PENN VA Center for Studies of Addiction and the Treatment Research Institute, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 3900 Chestnut Street, 19104, Philadelphia, PA, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 19:127-34. 2000..The only difference noted was that patients treated via managed care showed more improvement in the drug area. The need for further evaluation of the effects of managed care is emphasized... - Predicting DSM-IV dependence diagnoses from Addiction Severity Index composite scoresSamuel H Rikoon
Treatment Research Institute, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 31:17-24. 2006..We recommend strategies for using ASI CSs as a diagnostic screening instrument in both research and treatment delivery environments... - Alcoholism treatment after liver transplantation: lessons learned from a clinical trial that failedR M Weinrieb
Department of Psychiatry, The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Psychosomatics 42:110-6. 2001..Barriers to posttransplant alcoholism included infirmity, intensive medical management, and denial for alcoholism treatment. Because 30%-50% of alcoholic patients drink after transplant, the authors suggest using MET alone pretransplant... - State-level treatment outcome studies using administrative databasesA I Alterman
DeltaMetrics and University of Pennsylvania, Center for Studies of Addiction, USA
Eval Rev 25:162-83. 2001..The utility of these databases can be enhanced by coupling them with clinical research treatment outcome evaluation approaches...