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| Tammy A ChungSummaryAffiliation: University of Pittsburgh Country: USA Publications
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Greater prevalence of proposed DSM-5 nicotine use disorder compared to DSM-IV nicotine dependence in treated adolescents and young adultsTammy Chung
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA, USA
Addiction 107:810-8. 2012..The impact of the proposed changes on nicotine disorder prevalence and the concurrent validity of diagnostic criteria were examined...- Drinking frequency as a brief screen for adolescent alcohol problemsTammy Chung
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PAARC, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Pediatrics 129:205-12. 2012.... - Joint trajectory analysis of treated adolescents' alcohol use and symptoms over 1 yearTammy Chung
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh Adolescent Alcohol Research Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Addict Behav 30:1690-701. 2005.... 
What were they thinking? Adolescents' interpretations of DSM-IV alcohol dependence symptom queries and implications for diagnostic validityTammy Chung
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh Adolescent Alcohol Research Center, 3811 O Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 80:191-200. 2005..We conducted a methodological study of DSM-IV symptom queries used to assess alcohol tolerance and impaired control over drinking to determine potential sources of measurement error...- Relapse to alcohol and other drug use in treated adolescents: review and reconsideration of relapse as a change point in clinical courseTammy Chung
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 3811 O Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States
Clin Psychol Rev 26:149-61. 2006.... - Classification and short-term course of DSM-IV cannabis, hallucinogen, cocaine, and opioid disorders in treated adolescentsTammy Chung
Department of Psychiatry, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA 15213, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 73:995-1004. 2005..There was good agreement between latent classes and DSM-IV diagnosis. LTA suggested greater likelihood of transitioning to a less severe class at 1 year for all 4 drugs; in- and outpatients differed in pattern of change... - "What I got from treatment": predictors of treatment content received and association of treatment content with 6-month outcomes in adolescentsTammy Chung
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 37:171-81. 2009.... - Concurrent change in alcohol and drug problems among treated adolescents over three yearsTammy Chung
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic Pittsburgh Adolescent Alcohol Research Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 3811 O Hara Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 69:420-9. 2008.... - Adolescents' alcohol and drug use trajectories in the year following treatmentTammy Chung
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 3811 O Hara Street, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
J Stud Alcohol 65:105-14. 2004..This study characterized treated teens' short-term alcohol and other drug use trajectories over 1-year follow-up... - Subjective stimulant and sedative effects of alcohol during early drinking experiences predict alcohol involvement in treated adolescentsTammy Chung
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic Pittsburgh Adolescent Alcohol Research Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 70:660-7. 2009.... - A parallel process model of the development of positive smoking expectancies and smoking behavior during early adolescence in Caucasian and African American girlsTammy Chung
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States
Addict Behav 35:647-50. 2010..Study results suggest the potential utility of culturally tailored smoking prevention efforts, and the potential secondary benefit of depression treatment to prevent smoking among at-risk girls... 
Cannabis withdrawal predicts severity of cannabis involvement at 1-year follow-up among treated adolescentsTammy Chung
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Addiction 103:787-99. 2008..This study contrasted the concurrent and predictive validity of three operational definitions of cannabis withdrawal in a sample of treated adolescents...- Enhancing response inhibition by incentive: comparison of adolescents with and without substance use disorderTammy Chung
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 3811 O Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States
Drug Alcohol Depend 115:43-50. 2011.... - Brief assessment of readiness to change tobacco use in treated youthTammy Chung
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA 15213, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 41:137-47. 2011..Results support the clinical utility of the Ruler and motivation to abstain as brief measures of readiness to change, and perceived difficulty to abstain as a tool to aid adolescent tobacco cessation... - Ethnic differences in positive alcohol expectancies during childhood: the Pittsburgh Girls StudyTammy Chung
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 32:966-74. 2008..This study used measurement invariance methods to examine ethnic differences in the development of alcohol expectancies, and examined risk factors associated with girls' positive expectancies... - Parental supervision and alcohol use in adolescence: developmentally specific interactionsDuncan B Clark
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
J Dev Behav Pediatr 29:285-92. 2008..This study examined the interaction of parental supervision and adolescent alcohol use from late childhood through middle adolescence... - How should we revise diagnostic criteria for substance use disorders in the DSM-V?Christopher S Martin
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
J Abnorm Psychol 117:561-75. 2008..The DSM-V should provide a framework that allows the integration of categorical and dimensional approaches to diagnosis. Important areas for further research are noted... - Brief screens for detecting alcohol use disorder among 18-20 year old young adults in emergency departments: Comparing AUDIT-C, CRAFFT, RAPS4-QF, FAST, RUFT-Cut, and DSM-IV 2-Item ScaleThomas M Kelly
Pittsburgh Adolescent Alcohol Research Center, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, United States
Addict Behav 34:668-74. 2009..This study compared six of the briefest screening instruments for detecting DSM-IV-defined Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) among older adolescents treated in Emergency Departments (ED)... - Gender differences in the relationship between white matter organization and adolescent substance use disordersDawn L Thatcher
University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 110:55-61. 2010..These findings suggest that the disruption of normal white matter development due to substance exposure may be more severe in females than in males... - Cannabis withdrawal is common among treatment-seeking adolescents with cannabis dependence and major depression, and is associated with rapid relapse to dependenceJack R Cornelius
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3811 O Hara Street, PAARC Suite, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Addict Behav 33:1500-5. 2008..These findings suggest that cannabis withdrawal should be included as a diagnosis in the upcoming DSM-V, and should be listed in the upcoming criteria list for the DSM-V diagnostic category of cannabis dependence... - Item response theory analysis of diagnostic criteria for alcohol and cannabis use disorders in adolescents: implications for DSM-VChristopher S Martin
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
J Abnorm Psychol 115:807-14. 2006..The development process for the fifth edition (DSM-V) should be informed by statistical models such as those used in this study... - Alcohol use frequency as a screen for alcohol use disorders in adolescentsDuncan B Clark
Pittsburgh Adolescent Alcohol Research Center, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Int J Adolesc Med Health 18:181-7. 2006..These results indicate that an assessment of the frequency of alcohol use in the prior month provides an initial screen with acceptable sensitivity and specificity for use with adolescents... - Course of alcohol problems in treated adolescentsTammy Chung
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburg Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 27:253-61. 2003..Findings highlight the influence of other drug use on posttreatment patterns of alcohol involvement and the need to consider the effect of normative developmental transitions on the course of adolescent-onset substance use disorders... - Screening for cannabis use disorders in an adolescent emergency department sampleTammy Chung
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 3811 O Hara Street, PA 15213, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 70:177-86. 2003..Parent reports generally underestimated the adolescent's substance use. Questions on level of substance use generally provide an efficient method of screening adolescents for substance-related problems in an ED setting... - Concurrent and discriminant validity of DSM-IV symptoms of impaired control over alcohol consumption in adolescentsTammy Chung
Pittsburgh Adolescent Alcohol Research Center, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 26:485-92. 2002.... - Limitations in the assessment of DSM-IV cannabis tolerance as an indicator of dependence in adolescentsTammy Chung
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA 15213, USA
Exp Clin Psychopharmacol 12:136-46. 2004..Results suggest limitations of the DSM-IV and change-based operational definition of tolerance in adolescents... - Prevalence of DSM-IV alcohol diagnoses and symptoms in adolescent community and clinical samplesTammy Chung
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 41:546-54. 2002.... - Alcohol screening in young persons attending a sexually transmitted disease clinic. Comparison of AUDIT, CRAFFT, and CAGE instrumentsRobert L Cook
Division of General Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
J Gen Intern Med 20:1-6. 2005.... - Diagnosis, course, and assessment of alcohol abuse and dependence in adolescentsTammy Chung
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Recent Dev Alcohol 17:5-27. 2005..The chapter also provides an overview of brief alcohol screening instruments and other measures used in more comprehensive assessment of AUDs in adolescents... - Young girls' expectancies about the effects of alcohol, future intentions and patterns of useAlison E Hipwell
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
J Stud Alcohol 66:630-9. 2005..The current prospective study examines the prevalence and correlates of alcohol use, future intentions and alcohol-related expectancies among young girls from ages 8 to 10 years... - Multidisciplinary perspectives on impaired control over substance useChristopher S Martin
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 30:265-71. 2006..Future clinical and experimental research should attempt to carefully define and measure particular aspects of impaired control and to seek insights from other disciplines... - Alcohol use disorders identification test: factor structure in an adolescent emergency department sampleTammy Chung
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 26:223-31. 2002..Additionally, the utility of factor-specific cut scores in identifying patients with DSM-IV alcohol diagnoses was investigated... - Double-blind fluoxetine trial in comorbid MDD-CUD youth and young adultsJack R Cornelius
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PAARC Suite, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 112:39-45. 2010..We hypothesized that fluoxetine would demonstrate efficacy versus placebo for the treatment of the depressive symptoms and the cannabis use of adolescents and young adults with comorbid MDD/CUD... - Alcohol use disorders among emergency department-treated older adolescents: a new brief screen (RUFT-Cut) using the AUDIT, CAGE, CRAFFT, and RAPS-QFThomas M Kelly
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 28:746-53. 2004..This study contrasted four brief screening instruments for detecting DSM-IV-defined AUD and tested a newly developed brief screen for use among ED-treated older adolescents... - Presence of muscle dysmorphia symptomology among male weightliftersTom Hildebrandt
Department of Psychiatry, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA
Compr Psychiatry 47:127-35. 2006..Implications for studying body image disturbance in male weightlifters, and further evaluation of the MD diagnostic criteria are discussed... - Nonproblem drinking outcomes in adolescents treated for alcohol use disordersStephen A Maisto
Exp Clin Psychopharmacol 10:324-31. 2002..The results suggest alternative views of treatment goals, relapse, and treatment outcome in adolescents... - Factor structure of the SOCRATES in a clinical sample of adolescentsStephen A Maisto
Department of Psychology, Syracuse University, New York 13244, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 17:98-107. 2003..The results were interpreted as supporting the use of the SOCRATES with clinical samples of adolescents...
Research Grants
- Social Network Influences on Adolescent AUD Treatment OutcomesTammy Chung; Fiscal Year: 2009..Study results have potentially important implications for guiding the development of social network interventions for youth to enhance and maintain treatment gains. ..
- Mechanisms of Change in Alcohol Treatment for Dually Diagnosed YouthTammy Chung; Fiscal Year: 2007..Results have important implications for improving the design and delivery of treatment provided to dually diagnosed adolescents. ..
- Course of Alcohol and Drug Problems in Treated TeensTammy Chung; Fiscal Year: 2007..Results will provide important new information that will enhance the timing and content of substance use interventions for adolescents. ..
- DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA FOR ADOLESCENT ALCOHOL USE DISORDERSTammy Chung; Fiscal Year: 2005..This award will provide a solid foundation for the applicant to become an independent investigator specializing in adolescent alcohol problems. ..
- Social Network Influences on Adolescent AUD Treatment OutcomesTammy Chung; Fiscal Year: 2010..Study results have potentially important implications for guiding the development of social network interventions for youth to enhance and maintain treatment gains. ..