Karen L Cropsey

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Affiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Results of a pilot randomized controlled trial of buprenorphine for opioid dependent women in the criminal justice system
    Karen L Cropsey
    University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Psychiatry, 401 Beacon Parkway West, Birmingham, AL 35209, USA
    Drug Alcohol Depend 119:172-8. 2011
  2. ncbi Long-term, reversible contraception use among high-risk women treated in a university-based gynecology clinic: comparison between IUD and depo-provera
    Karen L Cropsey
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35209, USA
    J Womens Health (Larchmt) 19:349-53. 2010
  3. ncbi Why do faculty leave? Reasons for attrition of women and minority faculty from a medical school: four-year results
    Karen L Cropsey
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35209, USA
    J Womens Health (Larchmt) 17:1111-8. 2008
  4. ncbi Characteristics of victims of sexual abuse by gender and race in a community corrections population
    C Brendan Clark
    University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL 35209, USA
    J Interpers Violence 27:1844-61. 2012
  5. ncbi The impact of quitting smoking on weight among women prisoners participating in a smoking cessation intervention
    Karen L Cropsey
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35209, USA
    Am J Public Health 100:1442-8. 2010
  6. ncbi Impact of self-initiated pre-quit smoking reduction on cessation rates: results of a clinical trial of smoking cessation among female prisoners
    Karen L Cropsey
    University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35209, United States
    Addict Behav 36:73-8. 2011
  7. ncbi Smoking characteristics of community corrections clients
    Karen L Cropsey
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 401 Beacon Parkway West, Birmingham, AL 35209, USA
    Nicotine Tob Res 12:53-8. 2010
  8. ncbi The contraceptive needs of incarcerated women
    Galen J Hale
    Psychiatry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35209, USA
    J Womens Health (Larchmt) 18:1221-6. 2009
  9. ncbi Factors related to injection drug use among female prisoners
    Dorothy Octavia Jackson
    University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
    Subst Use Misuse 45:368-83. 2010
  10. ncbi Modulation of limbic circuitry predicts treatment response to antipsychotic medication: a functional imaging study in schizophrenia
    Adrienne C Lahti
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
    Neuropsychopharmacology 34:2675-90. 2009

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Publications21

  1. ncbi Results of a pilot randomized controlled trial of buprenorphine for opioid dependent women in the criminal justice system
    Karen L Cropsey
    University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Psychiatry, 401 Beacon Parkway West, Birmingham, AL 35209, USA
    Drug Alcohol Depend 119:172-8. 2011
    ..The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of buprenorphine for relapse prevention among opioid dependent women in the CJ system transitioning back to the community...
  2. ncbi Long-term, reversible contraception use among high-risk women treated in a university-based gynecology clinic: comparison between IUD and depo-provera
    Karen L Cropsey
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35209, USA
    J Womens Health (Larchmt) 19:349-53. 2010
    ..The study was conducted to compare rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) and side effects in a cohort of high-risk women who received either an intrauterine device (IUD) or depo-medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA)...
  3. ncbi Why do faculty leave? Reasons for attrition of women and minority faculty from a medical school: four-year results
    Karen L Cropsey
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35209, USA
    J Womens Health (Larchmt) 17:1111-8. 2008
    ..The reasons why faculty in academic medical settings choose to leave their employment are not well understood. Further, it is not clear if the reasons why women and minority faculty leave differ from those of other groups...
  4. ncbi Characteristics of victims of sexual abuse by gender and race in a community corrections population
    C Brendan Clark
    University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL 35209, USA
    J Interpers Violence 27:1844-61. 2012
    ..The gender-race differences for the sociodemographic factors associated with sexual abuse, particularly the risk of substance abuse for women, suggest the need for tailored interventions for sexual abuse prevention and treatment...
  5. ncbi The impact of quitting smoking on weight among women prisoners participating in a smoking cessation intervention
    Karen L Cropsey
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35209, USA
    Am J Public Health 100:1442-8. 2010
    ..We examined the impact of smoking cessation on weight change in a population of women prisoners...
  6. ncbi Impact of self-initiated pre-quit smoking reduction on cessation rates: results of a clinical trial of smoking cessation among female prisoners
    Karen L Cropsey
    University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35209, United States
    Addict Behav 36:73-8. 2011
    ..This study examined differences in cessation success based on smokers' self-initiated pre-quit reductions in cigarettes per day (cpd)...
  7. ncbi Smoking characteristics of community corrections clients
    Karen L Cropsey
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 401 Beacon Parkway West, Birmingham, AL 35209, USA
    Nicotine Tob Res 12:53-8. 2010
    ..While smoking rates are 3-4 times higher among criminal justice populations than in the general population, no studies have previously examined smoking characteristics in a community corrections population...
  8. ncbi The contraceptive needs of incarcerated women
    Galen J Hale
    Psychiatry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35209, USA
    J Womens Health (Larchmt) 18:1221-6. 2009
    ..We assessed the contraceptive needs of women incarcerated in jails in the southeastern United States to determine feasible and effective birth control interventions based on the needs of this population...
  9. ncbi Factors related to injection drug use among female prisoners
    Dorothy Octavia Jackson
    University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
    Subst Use Misuse 45:368-83. 2010
    ..Implications, limitations, and future directions are discussed...
  10. ncbi Modulation of limbic circuitry predicts treatment response to antipsychotic medication: a functional imaging study in schizophrenia
    Adrienne C Lahti
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
    Neuropsychopharmacology 34:2675-90. 2009
    ..After 1 week of treatment, greater rCBF increase in the ventral striatum and greater decrease in the hippocampus were associated with good response...
  11. ncbi What does self-identified drug of choice tell us about individuals under community corrections supervision?
    Brendan C Clark
    University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, 401 Beacon Parkway West, Birmingham, AL 35209, USA
    J Addict Med 6:57-67. 2012
    ..However, no studies have examined DOC in the context of criminal behavior and other drug dependencies...
  12. ncbi Gender and racial differences for suicide attempters and ideators in a high-risk community corrections population
    Cheryl B McCullumsmith
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL 35209, USA
    Crisis 34:50-62. 2013
    ..Community corrections populations are a high-risk group who carry multiple suicide risk factors...
  13. ncbi HIV-risk characteristics in community corrections
    C Brendan Clark
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35209, USA
    J Addict Med 7:45-51. 2013
    ..This study sought to identify characteristics of individuals who are under community corrections supervision (eg, probation) and at risk for HIV...
  14. ncbi Predictors of involvement in the juvenile justice system among psychiatric hospitalized adolescents
    Karen L Cropsey
    University of Alabama at Birmingham, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, 401 Beacon Parkway West, Birmingham, AL 35209, USA
    Addict Behav 33:942-8. 2008
    ..We were interested in finding out the prevalence rates of juvenile justice involvement among psychiatric inpatient adolescents and determining predictors of juvenile justice involvement in this high-risk group...
  15. ncbi Smoking stage of change is associated with retention in a smoke-free residential drug treatment program for women
    Deborah L Haller
    Department of Psychiatry, St Luke s Roosevelt Hospital Center, 1111 Amsterdam Avenue, 11th Floor, New York, New York 10025, USA
    Addict Behav 29:1265-70. 2004
    ..Alternatively, smoking stage of change may be a "proxy" for overall readiness to change in this population...
  16. ncbi The effects of a prison smoking ban on smoking behavior and withdrawal symptoms
    Karen L Cropsey
    Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, P O Box 980109, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
    Addict Behav 30:589-94. 2005
    ..An interaction was found such that distressed smokers had the highest level of nicotine withdrawal. These results have implications for how smoking bans are instituted in prison settings...
  17. ncbi Differential success rates in racial groups: results of a clinical trial of smoking cessation among female prisoners
    Karen L Cropsey
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 401 Beacon Parkway West, Birmingham, AL 35209, USA
    Nicotine Tob Res 11:690-7. 2009
    ..This study replicated prior observations of racial differences in smoking cessation in which Black smokers have demonstrated lower smoking cessation rates than White smokers...
  18. ncbi Factors predicting substance dependence and psychotropic medication use among offenders in community corrections
    Dorothy O Jackson
    Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294, USA
    Addict Behav 36:755-8. 2011
    ..Offenders with substance use disorders and co-occurring psychiatric problems face salient social risk that may need to be targeted through integrated services...
  19. ncbi The unmet medical needs of correctional populations in the United States
    Karen L Cropsey
    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35209, USA
    J Natl Med Assoc 104:487-92. 2012
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  20. ncbi Prescription Opioid Misuse Index: a brief questionnaire to assess misuse
    Janet S Knisely
    Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA
    J Subst Abuse Treat 35:380-6. 2008
    ..002) and illicit drugs (p < .01). No between-group differences were found regarding psychiatric problems. The POMI appears to be a sensitive and specific instrument for identifying patients who misuse opioid medications...
  21. ncbi Pharmacotherapy treatment in substance-dependent correctional populations: a review
    Karen L Cropsey
    Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23298, USA
    Subst Use Misuse 40:1983-99, 2043-8. 2005
    ..Further research is needed to better understand the feasibility and efficacy of providing pharmacotherapies for substance dependence disorders within this population...