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| C E GrellaSummaryAffiliation: University of California Country: USA Publications
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Gender differences in physical and mental health outcomes among an aging cohort of individuals with a history of heroin dependenceChristine E Grella
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles, 11075 Santa Monica Blvd, Suite 100, Los Angeles, CA 90025 7535, United States
Addict Behav 37:306-12. 2012..This paper examines the health status and functioning of an aging cohort of individuals with a history of heroin dependence with a focus on gender differences...- Diagnostic profiles of offenders in substance abuse treatment programsChristine E Grella
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, 1640 SouthSepulveda Boulevard, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
Behav Sci Law 26:369-88. 2008..Clinical treatment approaches need to address this heterogeneity in diagnostic profiles, symptom severity, and psychosocial functioning... - Gender similarities and differences in the treatment, relapse, and recovery cycleChristine E Grella
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
Eval Rev 32:113-37. 2008..Women are one third less likely to transition from recovery to using; the predictors of transitioning to different statuses vary by gender. The implications of gender as a moderator of the recovery process are discussed... 
Treatment needs and completion of community-based aftercare among substance-abusing women offendersChristine E Grella
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, NPI Semel Institute for Neuroscience, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
Womens Health Issues 17:244-55. 2007....- Organizational characteristics of drug abuse treatment programs for offendersChristine E Grella
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, NPI Semel Institute for Neuroscience, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 32:291-300. 2007..Study findings have implications for developing effective reentry programs for offenders that bridge correctional and community treatment... - Impact of program services on treatment outcomes of patients with comorbid mental and substance use disordersChristine E Grella
Department of Psychology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
Psychiatr Serv 57:1007-15. 2006..Patients treated in programs that provided more on-site mental health services and had staff with specialized training were expected to report less substance use and better psychological outcomes at follow-up... - Motivation for treatment among women offenders in prison-based treatment and longitudinal outcomes among those who participate in community aftercareChristine E Grella
Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
J Psychoactive Drugs . 2011..Study findings suggest the value of community aftercare for women offenders, particularly when combined with prior in-prison treatment... - Gender differences in long-term drug treatment outcomes in Chicago PETSChristine E Grella
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 28:S3-12. 2005..Although both men and women showed significant improvements following treatment, gender differences persisted in several areas of psychosocial functioning related to recovery... - Associations among childhood trauma, adolescent problem behaviors, and adverse adult outcomes in substance-abusing women offendersChristine E Grella
Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 19:43-53. 2005..Ethnic differences were also found, suggesting different pathways to criminal behavior. The findings underscore the need to provide trauma-related services for substance-abusing women offenders... - Do drug treatment services predict reunification outcomes of mothers and their children in child welfare?Christine E Grella
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Semel Institute on Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 36:278-93. 2009.... 
Dedication of special issue of JBHS&R in memory of Douglas LongshoreChristine E Grella
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, 1640 S Sepulveda Blvd, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90025 7535, USA
J Behav Health Serv Res 36:129-30. 2009..The special issue reflects Longshore's research legacy in the areas of addiction and health services research and his many productive collaborations with other investigators...- 30-year trajectories of heroin and other drug use among men and women sampled from methadone treatment in CaliforniaChristine E Grella
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 118:251-8. 2011..This study examines 30-year trajectories of heroin and other drug use among men and women who were in methadone maintenance treatment in California in the late 1970s and interviewed in 1978-1981... - Effects of sexual orientation and gender on perceived need for treatment by persons with and without mental disordersChristine E Grella
Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
Psychiatr Serv 62:404-10. 2011..This study examined the relationship of sexual orientation and gender to perceived need for treatment and treatment use among individuals with and without mental or substance use disorders... - Predictors of longitudinal substance use and mental health outcomes for patients in two integrated service delivery systemsChristine E Grella
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90025, United States
Drug Alcohol Depend 110:92-100. 2010.... - Influence of gender, sexual orientation, and need on treatment utilization for substance use and mental disorders: findings from the California Quality of Life SurveyChristine E Grella
Center for Research, Education, Training and Strategic Communications on Minority Health Disparities, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
BMC Psychiatry 9:52. 2009..We use a model of help-seeking for vulnerable populations to investigate factors related to treatment for alcohol or drug use disorders and mental health disorders, focusing on the contributions of gender, sexual orientation, and need... - Perceptions of need and help received for substance dependence in a national probability surveyChristine E Grella
University of California Los Angeles UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, 1640 S Sepulveda Blvd, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
Psychiatr Serv 60:1068-74. 2009.... - From generic to gender-responsive treatment: changes in social policies, treatment services, and outcomes of women in substance abuse treatmentChristine E Grella
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
J Psychoactive Drugs . 2008.... - Gender and comorbidity among individuals with opioid use disorders in the NESARC studyChristine E Grella
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90025 7535, USA
Addict Behav 34:498-504. 2009.... - Introduction to the special issue on addiction health services: in memory of Douglas LongshoreChristine E Grella
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, 1640 S Sepulveda Blvd, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90025 7535, USA
J Behav Health Serv Res 36:131-6. 2009..The implications for addiction health services are discussed with regard to the application of these themes to practice... - Substance abuse treatment for women: changes in the settings where women received treatment and types of services provided, 1987-1998Christine E Grella
J Behav Health Serv Res 31:367-83. 2004..These findings can be used to assess the adequacy of service delivery to women in substance abuse treatment... - Perceptions of mental health and substance abuse program administrators and staff on service delivery to persons with co-occurring substance abuse and mental disordersChristine E Grella
UCLA Drug Abuse Research Center Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, 1640 S Sepulveda Blvd, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
J Behav Health Serv Res 31:38-49. 2004..Efforts to coordinate service delivery across the two systems need to address these divergent perceptions between staff in programs that are increasingly called upon to work together to jointly deliver services... - What happens when a demonstration project ends. Consequences for a clinic and its clientsC E Grella
UCLA Drug Abuse Research Center 90024, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 13:249-56. 1996..The implications of terminating treatment among a high-risk population recruited into a research demonstration project are discussed... - Mental health and substance abuse treatment services for dually diagnosed clients: results of a statewide survey of county administratorsN K Young
UCLA Drug Abuse Research Center, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital 90024 3511, USA
J Behav Health Serv Res 25:83-92. 1998..Counties varied widely in their ability to estimate unmet service needs. Implications for policy development related to the dually diagnosed are discussed... - Characteristics of women-only and mixed-gender drug abuse treatment programsC E Grella
Drug Abuse Research Center, University of California, Los Angeles 90024, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 17:37-44. 1999..The differences in program characteristics reflect broader societal gender differences, including women's generally lower economic status and primary responsibility for child-rearing... - Gender differences in drug treatment careers among clients in the national Drug Abuse Treatment Outcome StudyC E Grella
UCLA Drug Abuse Research Center, Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of California, Los Angeles 90025, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 25:385-406. 1999..The findings suggest that different strategies for increasing treatment utilization may be appropriate for men and women... - Patient histories, retention, and outcome models for younger and older adults in DATOSC E Grella
UCLA Drug Abuse Research Center, Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of California, Los Angeles 90025, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 57:151-66. 1999..Clinical implications of age-related differences in these relationships are discussed... - Delivery of HIV risk-reduction services in drug treatment programsC E Grella
Drug Abuse Research Center, Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, 1640 S Sepulveda Boulevard, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 900025, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 19:229-37. 2000..More comprehensive service delivery is needed in order to reduce the risk for HIV among clients in drug treatment... - Improving service delivery to the dually diagnosed in Los Angeles CountyChristine E Grella
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, 1640 South Sepulveda Boulevard, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 23:115-22. 2002..Knowledge gained from research on these differing models of service delivery can be combined with new clinical advances to improve service delivery to the dually diagnosed... - Effects of gender and diagnosis on addiction history, treatment utilization, and psychosocial functioning among a dually-diagnosed sample in drug treatmentChristine E Grella
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, Cailfornia 90025, USA
J Psychoactive Drugs 35:169-79. 2003..Differences among dually-diagnosed individuals related to gender and diagnosis need to be considered in treatment planning and in matching services to patient needs... - Followup of cocaine-dependent men and women with antisocial personality disorderChristine E Grella
UCLA Drug Abuse Research Center Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, 1640 S Sepulveda Blvd, Suite 200, 90025, Los Angeles, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 25:155-64. 2003..The findings suggest the need to address the specific treatment needs of male and female cocaine abusers with ASP... - Predictors of drug treatment re-entry following relapse to cocaine use in DATOSChristine E Grella
UCLA Drug Abuse Research Center Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, 1640 S Sepulveda Blvd, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 25:145-54. 2003..The findings suggest that a longer-term perspective on treatment utilization is needed to more fully address chronic substance abuse and the problems typically associated with it... - Contrasting the views of substance misuse and mental health treatment providers on treating the dually diagnosedChristine E Grella
Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90025, USA
Subst Use Misuse 38:1433-46. 2003..The findings are discussed within the context of clinical and programmatic efforts to improve service delivery to the dually diagnosed... - Drug treatment outcomes for adolescents with comorbid mental and substance use disordersC E Grella
UCLA Drug Abuse Research Center, Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of California, Los Angeles 90025, USA
J Nerv Ment Dis 189:384-92. 2001..Integrated treatment protocols need to be implemented within drug treatment programs in order to improve the outcomes of adolescents with comorbid substance use and mental disorders... - A 33-year follow-up of narcotics addictsY I Hser
UCLA Drug Abuse Research Center, 1640 S Sepulveda Blvd, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 58:503-8. 2001..This study examined longitudinal patterns of heroin use, other substance use, health, mental health, employment, criminal involvement, and mortality among heroin addicts... - Prior treatment experience related to process and outcomes in DATOSY I Hser
UCLA Drug Abuse Research Center, Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of California, Los Angeles 90025, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 57:137-50. 1999..These findings confirm the importance of considering treatment process and aftercare in developing and implementing strategies to optimize treatment for patients with different treatment histories... - An evaluation of drug treatments for adolescents in 4 US citiesY I Hser
UCLA Drug Abuse Research Center, 1640 S Sepulveda Blvd, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 58:689-95. 2001..Little is known about outcomes of community-based treatment programs for adolescents with drug problems... - Role of social support and self-efficacy in treatment outcomes among clients with co-occurring disordersJazmin I Warren
Department of Psychology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 89:267-74. 2007..The current study highlights the potential therapeutic importance of clients' personal resources, even among a sample of severely impaired individuals... - Mothers in substance abuse treatment: differences in characteristics based on involvement with child welfare servicesChristine E Grella
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, 1640 S. Sepulveda Blvd, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
Child Abuse Negl 30:55-73. 2006.... - Treatment processes and outcomes among adolescents with a history of abuse who are in drug treatmentChristine E Grella
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Neuropsychiatric Institute, USA
Child Maltreat 8:7-18. 2003..Attention to treatment processes and engagement strategies is crucial for treating youths in drug treatment who have a history of abuse... - Health conditions among aging narcotics addicts: medical examination resultsYih Ing Hser
University of California, Los Angeles, California 90025, USA
J Behav Med 27:607-22. 2004..2% tested positive for hepatitis C, 85.6% for hepatitis B, 3.8% for syphilis, and 27.3% for TB. The study empirically demonstrated poor health conditions and high morbidity among surviving narcotics addicts... - Drug-use initiation and conduct disorder among adolescents in drug treatmentYih Ing Hser
UCLA Drug Abuse Research Center, Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of California, Suite 200, 1640 S Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
J Adolesc 26:331-45. 2003..Findings from this study highlight the importance of better understanding the progression of drug use, treatment utilization, and psychiatric comorbidity among adolescents with substance abuse problems... - Alcohol, tobacco, and nonmedical drug use in older U.S. Adults: data from the 2001/02 national epidemiologic survey of alcohol and related conditionsAlison A Moore
Division of Geriatric Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 57:2275-81. 2009..To examine the prevalence and sociodemographic and health-related correlates of substance use, including alcohol, tobacco, and nonmedical drug use, in adults aged 65 and older... - A randomized experimental study of gender-responsive substance abuse treatment for women in prisonNena Messina
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 38:97-107. 2010..05). Findings show the beneficial effects of treatment components oriented toward women's needs and support the integration of GRT in prison programs for women... - Treatment services and service delivery models for dually diagnosed clients: variations across mental health and substance abuse providersVirginia Gil-Rivas
Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28273, USA
Community Ment Health J 41:251-66. 2005..Characteristics of services provided and interactions with other service providers are also examined. Future research is needed regarding the divergent perceptions of administrators and staff and their relationship to treatment outcomes... - Gender differences among older heroin usersAlison B Hamilton
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
J Women Aging 21:111-24. 2009..This purpose of this study was to explore the following question: Are there gender differences among older individuals with a history of heroin addiction with regard to social and family relationships and health problems?.. - Using administrative data for longitudinal substance abuse researchElizabeth Evans
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
J Behav Health Serv Res 37:252-71. 2010.... - Do substance type and diagnosis make a difference? A study of remission from alcohol- versus drug-use disorders using the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related ConditionsMitchell P Karno
University of California, Los Angeles, Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, 11075 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 200, Los Angeles, California 90025, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 69:491-5. 2008..This study examined rates of remission from substance-use disorders based on type of disorder (abuse vs dependence), type of substance (alcohol vs other drug), and polysubstance involvement (alcohol or drug vs alcohol and drug)... - Alcohol, tobacco, and nonmedical drug use disorders in U.S. Adults aged 65 years and older: data from the 2001-2002 National Epidemiologic Survey of Alcohol and Related ConditionsJames C Lin
Department of Geriatric Medicine, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 19:292-9. 2011..To examine the prevalence, sociodemographic, and health-related correlates of substance use disorders, including alcohol, tobacco, and nonmedical drug use among adults aged 65 years and older... - Effects of gender and level of parental involvement among parents in drug treatmentCyleste C Collins
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Los Angeles, California 90025, USA
Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 29:237-61. 2003.... - Methamphetamine use trends among street-recruited gay and bisexual males, from 1999 to 2007Cathy J Reback
Friends Research Institute, Inc, 1419 N La Brea Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90028, USA
J Urban Health 85:874-9. 2008..These data also indicate the need for ongoing methamphetamine abuse and HIV-prevention interventions in this particular high-risk population... - Contrasting predictors of readiness for substance abuse treatment in adults and adolescents: a latent variable analysis of DATOS and DATOS-A participantsLeonard Handelsman
Duke Addictions Program, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, DUMC 3516, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 80:63-81. 2005..This study links readiness for substance abuse treatment to the core disorders targeted by that treatment in adults and adolescents for the first time... - Drug use, drug severity, and help-seeking behaviors of lesbian and bisexual womenHeather L Corliss
Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 15:556-68. 2006..Future studies that examine pathways by which lesbians and bisexual women can obtain referrals and treatment for substance use problems are needed... - Response: treatment in transitionChristine E Grella
Sci Pract Perspect 2:53-5. 2004 - 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...
Research Grants
- CONTEXT AND EFFECTIVENESS OF TWO MODELS OF SVC DELIVERYChristine Grella; Fiscal Year: 2002..These data will provide a multilevel context in which to evaluate the implementation and effectiveness of the two models of service delivery. ..
- Gender Differences in a Follow-up of Opiate Users in CAChristine Grella; Fiscal Year: 2007..The study findings have the potential to develop interventions aimed at opiate users that address the specific needs of males and females over the life course. ..