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Remission from alcohol and other drug problem use in public and private treatment samples over seven yearsKevin L Delucchi
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, 401 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94143, United States
Drug Alcohol Depend 124:57-62. 2012..A model which includes continuing access to health care may optimize outcomes. Most studies of chronic care models have not included health care and have only examined short term effects...- Alcohol in emerging adulthood: 7-year study of problem and dependent drinkersKevin L Delucchi
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Box 0984 TRC, 401 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94143 0984, United States
Addict Behav 33:134-42. 2008..This study examined the level, changes and predictors of alcohol consumption and binge drinking over a 7-year period among young adults (18-25 years) who met the criteria for problem drinking... - Transitioning into and out of problem drinking across seven yearsKevin L Delucchi
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, 0984 TRC, San Francisco, California 94143 0984, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 71:210-8. 2010..The extent to which problem drinkers transition into and out of problem drinking was examined using Markov modeling... - Following problem drinkers over eleven years: understanding changes in alcohol consumptionKevin L Delucchi
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, 0984 TRC, San Francisco, California 94143 0984, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 71:831-6. 2010..Less is known about the natural course of alcohol consumption among such drinkers in the general population and what predicts how much they drink... - Latent class analysis of the Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale symptoms in obsessive-compulsive disorderKevin L Delucchi
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Box 0984 TRC, San Francisco, CA 94143 0984, USA
Compr Psychiatry 52:334-41. 2011..This study was designed to uncover sets of homogeneous groupings within 1611 individuals with OCD based on symptoms... - International Spanish/English Internet smoking cessation trial yields 20% abstinence rates at 1 yearRICARDO F MUNOZ
Department of Psychiatry at San Francisco General Hospital, Latino Mental Health Research Program, and Internet World Health Research Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 11:1025-34. 2009..Evidence-based Internet interventions with comparable abstinence rates could be a powerful global tool to reduce tobacco-related morbidity and mortality... - Expectancies regarding the interaction between smoking and substance use in alcohol-dependent smokers in early recoveryTimothy P Carmody
Mental Health Service, San Francisco VA Medical Center, 4150 Clement Street, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 26:358-63. 2012.... 
Cigarette smoking in opioid-using patients presenting for hospital-based medical servicesAmie L Haas
San Francisco Treatment Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Am J Addict 17:65-9. 2008..Caucasians tended to smoke more than other ethnicities and exhibited greater dependence. Out-of-treatment drug users continue to be at high risk for continued smoking...- Hypnosis for smoking cessation: a randomized trialTimothy P Carmody
San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 10:811-8. 2008..It was concluded that hypnosis combined with NP compares favorably with standard behavioral counseling in generating long-term quit rates... - Characteristics of HIV-positive cigarette smokers: a sample of smokers facing multiple challengesGary L Humfleet
University of California, San Francisco, 1426 Fillmore St, Suite 216, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 21:54-64. 2009..Both licit and illicit drug use was common and there were significant rates of lifetime psychiatric diagnoses in this cohort of smokers. It is critical to evaluate interventions that consider the specific needs of this group... - Typology of club drug use among young adults recruited using time-space samplingDanielle E Ramo
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, 401 Parnassus Avenue, TRC 0984, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 107:119-27. 2010..Findings highlight the utility of using person-centered approaches to understand patterns of substance use, as well as highlight several patterns of club drug use among young adults... 
Acceptance of nicotine dependence treatment among currently depressed smokersNancy A Haug
Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 7:217-24. 2005..Findings have implications for the psychiatric assessment and treatment of smokers in clinical settings. Psychiatric medication may play a significant role in smoking cessation treatment acceptance by currently depressed smokers...- Anxiety does not predict response to antidepressant treatment in late life depression: results of a meta-analysisJ Craig Nelson
Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco, CA, USA
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 24:539-44. 2009..Our aim was to determine if anxiety predicts antidepressant response in previously identified placebo-controlled trials of second generation antidepressants for late-life depression... - Toward evidence-based Internet interventions: A Spanish/English Web site for international smoking cessation trialsRICARDO F MUNOZ
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 8:77-87. 2006..Smokers with past (but not current) MDEs tended to be the most likely to abstain and those with current MDEs the least likely. This trend reached significance in studies 1 and 4... - Addressing Tobacco Through Organizational Change (ATTOC) in residential addiction treatment settingsJoseph Guydish
University of California, San Francisco, Philip R Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, San Francisco, CA 94118, United States
Drug Alcohol Depend 121:30-7. 2012..This study assessed the effectiveness of a six month organizational change intervention, Addressing Tobacco Through Organizational Change (ATTOC), to improve how programs address tobacco dependence... - Does sponsorship improve outcomes above Alcoholics Anonymous attendance? A latent class growth curve analysisJane Witbrodt
Alcohol Research Group, Emeryville, CA 94608 1010, USA
Addiction 107:301-11. 2012..To construct Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) attendance, sponsorship and abstinence latent class trajectories to test the added benefit of having a sponsor above the benefits of attendance in predicting abstinence over time... - Intensive intervention for alcohol-dependent smokers in early recovery: a randomized trialTimothy P Carmody
Mental Health Service, San Francisco VA Medical Center, CA 94121, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 122:186-94. 2012..The purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy of an intensive tobacco cessation intervention for alcohol-dependent smokers in early recovery... - The role of community services and informal support on five-year drinking trajectories of alcohol dependent and problem drinkersConstance Weisner
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, 401 Parnassus Avenue, Box F 0984, San Francisco, California 94143 0984, USA
J Stud Alcohol 64:862-73. 2003..The purpose of this study was to examine how informal support and community services impact the course of alcohol disorders by examining the trajectories of alcohol consumption over 5 years in dependent and problem drinkers... - Does marital status predict long-term drinking? Five-year observations of dependent and problem drinkersHelen Matzger
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
J Stud Alcohol 65:255-65. 2004..This longitudinal analysis examines marital status with other individual predisposing, problem severity and social predisposing characteristics to understand its strength in predicting alcohol consumption over 5 years... - Patterns and predictors of alcohol use in male and female urban police officersJames F Ballenger
Mental Health Service, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, California, USA
Am J Addict 20:21-9. 2011..Greater psychiatric symptoms were related to adverse consequences from alcohol use. There was a noteworthy gender by work stress interaction: greater routine work stress related to lower current alcohol use in female officers. .. - Mechanisms of change in extended cognitive behavioral treatment for tobacco dependencePeter S Hendricks
University of California, San Francisco, 401 Parnassus Ave, TRC Box 0984, San Francisco, CA 94143, United States
Drug Alcohol Depend 109:114-9. 2010..To evaluate potential mediators of an extended cognitive behavioral smoking cessation intervention... - A population-based examination of cigarette smoking and mental illness in Black AmericansNorval J Hickman
Department of Psychiatry, Treatment Research Center, Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute, University of California, 401 Parnassus Avenue, Box TRC 0984, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 12:1125-32. 2010..This study examines the relation between tobacco use and cessation with lifetime and past year mental illness in a nationally representative sample of Blacks... - Global reach of an Internet smoking cessation intervention among Spanish- and English-speaking smokers from 157 countriesALINNE Z BARRERA
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco General Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, 1001 Potrero Avenue, Suite 7M, Box 0852, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
Int J Environ Res Public Health 6:927-40. 2009.... - Methadone patients in the therapeutic community: a test of equivalencyJames L Sorensen
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, 401 Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143, United States
Drug Alcohol Depend 100:100-6. 2009..This study used equivalency testing to explore the consequences of admitting opioid-dependent clients currently on methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) into a TC... - Cognitive functioning in individuals with severe compulsive hoarding behaviors and late life depressionR Scott Mackin
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 26:314-21. 2011.... - The effect of cognitive impairment on mental healthcare costs for individuals with severe psychiatric illnessR Scott Mackin
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143 0984, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 19:176-84. 2011..This study was conducted to determine the effect of cognitive impairment (CI) on mental healthcare costs for older low-income adults with severe psychiatric illness... - Asylum grant rates following medical evaluations of maltreatment among political asylum applicants in the United StatesStuart L Lustig
Department of Psychiatry, Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, 401 Parnassus Ave, Box 0984 F, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
J Immigr Minor Health 10:7-15. 2008..5% among US asylum seekers who did not receive PHR evaluations. Medical evaluations may be critical in the adjudications of asylum cases when maltreatment is alleged... - Methods for analysis of skewed data distributions in psychiatric clinical studies: working with many zero valuesKevin L Delucchi
Department of Psychiatry, Box 0984 TRC, University of California San Francisco, 401Parnassus Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94143 0984, USA
Am J Psychiatry 161:1159-68. 2004..The authors consider methods of analyzing data with those characteristics... - Dependent and problem drinking over 5 years: a latent class growth analysisKevin L Delucchi
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143 0984, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 74:235-44. 2004..Findings also support the usefulness of a semi-parametric latent group-based approach as a tool for analyzing alcohol-related behaviors... - Cost and cost-effectiveness of standard methadone maintenance treatment compared to enriched 180-day methadone detoxificationCarmen L Masson
University of California, San Francisco, USA
Addiction 99:718-26. 2004..To compare the cost and cost-effectiveness of methadone maintenance treatment and 180-day methadone detoxification enriched with psychosocial services... - Sample size estimation in research with dependent measures and dichotomous outcomesKevin L Delucchi
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, Box 0984 TRC, 401 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94143 0984, USA
Am J Public Health 94:372-7. 2004..Proper sample size estimation is often overlooked. Alignment of the sample size estimation method with the planned analysis method, especially in studies involving nonindependent data, will produce appropriate estimates... - Medical service use and financial charges among opioid users at a public hospitalCarmen L Masson
Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco at San Francisco General Hospital, 1001 Potrero Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 66:45-50. 2002..The findings suggest that health care providers and policy makers consider policies that promote ambulatory care use among opioid users seeking medical care through the public health care system... - Smoking and depression in Chinese AmericansJanice Y Tsoh
Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143 0984, USA
Am J Med Sci 326:187-91. 2003..A close link between smoking and depression has been documented by research primarily based on U.S. white populations. This study examined the association between depressive symptoms and smoking behaviors in Chinese American smokers... - Case management for substance abusers with HIV/AIDS: a randomized clinical trialJames L Sorensen
Department of Psychiatry, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 29:133-50. 2003..The study has limitations yet does not support the hypothesis that case management improves outcomes better than brief contact for this population... - Urine toxicology samples in cocaine treatment trials: how many need to be tested?Kevin L Delucchi
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco 94143 0984, USA
J Addict Dis 21:17-26. 2002..50 and approximately 20% disagreement among samples using cutoff values in place of quantitative levels. Both samples, however, supported similar conclusions about group-level behavior... - Mortality risk associated with perinatal drug and alcohol use in CaliforniaEllen L Wolfe
Family Health Care Nursing E L W, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
J Perinatol 25:93-100. 2005..To analyze the relationship between perinatal drug/alcohol use and maternal, fetal, neonatal, and postneonatal mortality... - Psychometric evaluation of the Quality of Life Interview, Brief Version, in injection drug usersDavid A Wasserman
Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94114, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 20:316-21. 2006..Unexpectedly, lower baseline QOLI-BV scores predicted opiate abstinence at follow-up. The QOLI-BV appears to be an acceptable quality-of-life measure for use in clinical trials of opioid dependence treatments... - Voucher reinforcement improves medication adherence in HIV-positive methadone patients: a randomized trialJames L Sorensen
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco General Hospital, Building 20, Ward 21, 1001 Potrero Avenue, Box 0852, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 88:54-63. 2007..Differences between groups faded after vouchers were discontinued. Contingency management shows promise as a strategy to promote antiretroviral medication adherence in this population... - Comparing intervention outcomes in smokers treated for single versus multiple behavioral risksJudith J Prochaska
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143 0984, USA
Health Psychol 25:380-8. 2006..At 12 and 24 months follow-up, treatment of 1 or 2 coexisting risk factors did not decrease the effectiveness of smoking cessation treatment, and treatment for the coexisting factors was effective... - A randomized trial of 6-month methadone maintenance with standard or minimal counseling versus 21-day methadone detoxificationValerie A Gruber
Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco General Hospital, 1001 Potrero Avenue, Ward 93, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 94:199-206. 2008..Important questions remain regarding the necessary duration and intensity for methadone treatment to be effective... - Efficacy of second generation antidepressants in late-life depression: a meta-analysis of the evidenceJ Craig Nelson
Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco, CA, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 16:558-67. 2008..This systematic review and meta-analysis was undertaken to assess the evidence for efficacy of second-generation antidepressants in late-life major depression... - Randomized trial of drug abuse treatment-linkage strategiesJames L Sorensen
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, 94110, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 73:1026-35. 2005..Case management and vouchers can be valuable in health settings to link substance abusers with medical problems to drug abuse treatment... - Suicidal thinking and behavior during treatment with sertraline in late-life depressionJ Craig Nelson
Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco, San Franciso, CA, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 15:573-80. 2007..To determine effects of sertraline on suicidal thinking and behavior in patients with late-life major depression... - A controlled trial of methadone treatment combined with directly observed isoniazid for tuberculosis prevention in injection drug usersSteven L Batki
Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, 750 East Adams St, Syracuse 13210, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 66:283-93. 2002..The results of this study indicate that methadone treatment offers clear public health benefits when it is used to deliver preventive medical services... - Motivational interviewing to reduce hazardous drinking and drug use among depression patientsDerek D Satre
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, 401 Parnassus Avenue, Box 0984, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 44:323-9. 2013..0 vs. 81.8%, p=.043). MI is a promising intervention to reduce hazardous drinking among depression patients... - A mathematical formula for prediction of gray and white matter volume recovery in abstinent alcohol dependent individualsAnderson Mon
Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
Psychiatry Res 194:198-204. 2011.... - Alcohol use affects the outcome of treatment for cocaine abuseMatilda M Mengis
University of California San Francisco and Department of Veterans Affaris Medical Center, San Francisco, Calif, USA
Am J Addict 11:219-27. 2002..Alcohol use at baseline did not predict worse treatment outcome for cocaine abstinence. However, alcohol use after four weeks of treatment did predict ability to achieve cocaine abstinence at assessment points during and after treatment... - Smoking cessation research via the internet: a feasibility studyJacqueline Stoddard
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
J Health Commun 10:27-41. 2005.... - A meta-analysis of smoking cessation interventions with individuals in substance abuse treatment or recoveryJudith J Prochaska
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143 0984, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 72:1144-56. 2004..Contrary to previous concerns, smoking cessation interventions during addictions treatment appeared to enhance rather than compromise long-term sobriety... - Hospital- versus community-based syringe exchange: a randomized controlled trialCarmen L Masson
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco at San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 19:97-110. 2007.... - Using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 to measure depression among racially and ethnically diverse primary care patientsFrederick Y Huang
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:547-52. 2006..The presence of DIF would indicate that responses to an individual item differ significantly between groups, controlling for the level of depression...
Research Grants
- IMPACT OF SERVICES ON PROBLEM DRINKING TRAJECTORIESKevin Delucchi; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- IMPACT OF SERVICES ON PROBLEM DRINKING TRAJECTORIESKevin Delucchi; Fiscal Year: 2009....