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Pilot trial of a recovery management intervention for heroin addicts released from compulsory rehabilitation in ChinaYih Ing Hser
University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA Electronic address
J Subst Abuse Treat 44:78-83. 2013....- Hispanic parenting women in women-only versus mixed-gender drug treatment: a 10-year prospective studyYih Ing Hser
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, 11075 Santa Monica Boulevard, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
Addict Behav 37:729-35. 2012..Future research should focus on factors limiting Hispanic women's participation in WO programs, which could suggest ways for improvement so as to benefit all Hispanic women in need of these special services... - Hepatitis C among methadone maintenance treatment patients in Shanghai and Kunming, ChinaY Hser
University of California, 11075 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
J Public Health (Oxf) 34:24-31. 2012.... - Employment services utilization and outcomes among substance abusing offenders participating in California's proposition 36 drug treatment initiativeElizabeth Evans
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, 1640 S Sepulveda Blvd, 200, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
J Behav Health Serv Res 37:461-76. 2010..Strategies for improving employment services utilization and outcomes among Proposition 36 offenders are discussed... 
Treatment outcomes among women and men methamphetamine abusers in CaliforniaYih Ing Hser
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 28:77-85. 2005..Implications for service improvement are discussed...- 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... - Cross-system data linkage for treatment outcome evaluation: lessons learned from the California Treatment Outcome ProjectYih Ing Hser
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Eval Program Plann 31:125-35. 2008..Findings illustrate the value of using administrative records for substance abuse treatment outcome evaluation, while highlighting areas for improvement for future cross-system data linkage efforts... - A 12-year follow-up of a treated cocaine-dependent sampleYih Ing Hser
Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Semel Institute of Neuroscience and Human Behavior, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 30:219-26. 2006..Adverse outcomes were apparent for a significant number of cocaine-dependent users who continued to use cocaine for a long period... - Gender comparisons of drug abuse treatment outcomes and predictorsYih Ing Hser
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 72:255-64. 2003..For both women and men, participation in 12-step groups and no spousal drug use during follow-up were related to abstinence. There were both similarities and differences in predictors of treatment outcome for women and men... - Predictors of short-term treatment outcomes among California's Proposition 36 participantsYih Ing Hser
University of California, Los Angeles Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, 1640 South Sepulveda Blvd, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
Eval Program Plann 30:187-96. 2007..The study findings support drug testing to monitor abstinence and highlight the need to address employment and psychiatric problems among Proposition 36 participants... - Pregnant women in women-only and mixed-gender substance abuse treatment programs: a comparison of client characteristics and program servicesYih Ing Hser
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 33:431-42. 2006.... - Impact of California's Proposition 36 on the drug treatment system: treatment capacity and displacementYih Ing Hser
Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, University of California, Los Angeles 90025, USA
Am J Public Health 97:104-9. 2007..We examined how treatment capacity changed to accommodate Proposition 36 clients and whether displacement of other clients was an unintended consequence... - Relationship between drug treatment services, retention, and outcomesYih Ing Hser
Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of California Los Angeles, 1640 South Sepulveda Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
Psychiatr Serv 55:767-74. 2004..This longitudinal study conducted path analyses to examine the relationships between treatment processes and outcomes among patients in community-based drug treatment programs... - Predicting long-term stable recovery from heroin addiction: findings from a 33-year follow-up studyYih Ing Hser
Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behaviour, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
J Addict Dis 26:51-60. 2007..These findings suggest that in addition to early intervention to curtail heroin addiction, increasing self-efficacy and addressing psychological problems are likely to enhance the odds of maintaining long-term stable recovery... - 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... - Comparing the dynamic course of heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine use over 10 yearsYih Ing Hser
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, 1640 S Sepulveda Blvd, 200, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
Addict Behav 33:1581-9. 2008..While quitting drug use can be facilitated by treatment and/or self-help participation, few people had these experiences in the 10 years following first use... - Comparative treatment effectiveness. Effects of program modality and client drug dependence history on drug use reductionY I Hser
UCLA Drug Abuse Research Center, Neuropsychiatric Institute 90024 3511, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 15:513-23. 1998..The high rate of cocaine dependence among methadone clients, most of whom were dependent on heroin, poses considerable challenge to contemporary opiate substitution treatments... - Long-term outcomes among drug-dependent mothers treated in women-only versus mixed-gender programsYih Ing Hser
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 41:115-23. 2011..The study findings suggest the added value of specialized WO programs and begin to address the gap in knowledge regarding long-term outcomes for substance-abusing women... - Cocaine use and high-risk sexual behavior among STD clinic patientsY I Hser
UCLA Drug Abuse Research Center 90025, USA
Sex Transm Dis 26:82-6. 1999..Crack-smoking sexually transmitted disease (STD) patients are at high-risk for contracting HIV... - Predicting posttreatment cocaine abstinence for first-time admissions and treatment repeatersY I Hser
Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Am J Public Health 89:666-71. 1999..This study examined client and program characteristics that predict posttreatment cocaine abstinence among cocaine abusers with different treatment histories... - Matching clients' needs with drug treatment servicesY I Hser
UCLA Drug Abuse Research Center, Neuropsychiatric Institute, University of California, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 16:299-305. 1999.... - 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... - Utilization and outcomes of mental health services among patients in drug treatmentYih Ing Hser
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, 1640 S Sepulveda Boulevard, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
J Addict Dis 25:73-85. 2006..These findings suggest that individuals with mental health problems can be successfully treated within drug treatment programs and/or in conjunction with mental health providers... - Contrasting trajectories of heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine useYih Ing Hser
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, 1640 South Sepulveda Boulevard, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
J Addict Dis 27:13-21. 2008..Clinical/service policy and practice need to recognize and adapt to the specific patterns and needs of users of different drugs while being mindful of the stage drug users are at in their life course... - Mortality among substance-using mothers in California: a 10-year prospective studyYih Ing Hser
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
Addiction 107:215-22. 2012..To examine mortality rates and causes of death among a cohort of substance-using mothers and to identify risk factors that predict mortality... - 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... - 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... - Effects of a randomized contingency management intervention on opiate abstinence and retention in methadone maintenance treatment in ChinaYih Ing Hser
University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
Addiction 106:1801-9. 2011..The aim of this study was to apply and test if a contingency management (or motivational incentives) intervention can improve treatment retention and reduce drug use... - 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... - 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... - 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.... - 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... - Individual change amid stable smoking patterns in polydrug users over 3 yearsW J McCarthy
UCLA Drug Abuse Research Center, Los Angeles, CA USA
Addict Behav 26:143-9. 2001..Results challenge current assumptions about "occasional" or "chipper" smokers... - Asian Americans in community-based substance abuse treatment: service needs, utilization, and outcomesNoosha Niv
Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 33:313-9. 2007..AAPI also received fewer total services within their treatment program. Treatment outcomes were similar between the two groups, with one exception: AAPI demonstrated better alcohol outcomes than those in the comparison group... - The life course perspective on drug use: a conceptual framework for understanding drug use trajectoriesYih Ing Hser
University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Eval Rev 31:515-47. 2007.... - Treating drug-abusing offenders. Initial findings from a five-county study on the impact of California's Proposition 36 on the treatment system and patient outcomesYih-Ing Hser
University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Eval Rev 27:479-505. 2003.... - Drug treatment service utilization and outcomes for Hispanic and white methamphetamine abusersNoosha Niv
UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, 1640 S. Sepulveda Blvd, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
Health Serv Res 41:1242-57. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: Both Hispanic and white meth abusers improved after treatment, although benefits from treatment can be further enhanced if services underscore different facets of their psychosocial problems... - Years of potential life lost among heroin addicts 33 years after treatmentBreda Smyth
Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles 1640 S Sepulveda Blvd, Ste 200 Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
Prev Med 44:369-74. 2007..To examine premature mortality in terms of years of potential life lost (YPLL) among a cohort of long-term heroin addicts... - Psychosocial versus nicotine-only self-report measures for predicting follow-up smoking statusW J McCarthy
UCLA Division of Cancer Prevention and Control Research, A2 125 CHS, 650 Young Drive, Los Angeles, California 90095 6900, USA
J Behav Med 24:75-91. 2001..Results suggest that when past smoking behavior is known, a respondent's legal status and alcohol use may be more useful than a measure of tobacco dependence for predicting future smoking status... - Analytic approaches for assessing long-term treatment effects. Examples of empirical applications and findingsY I Hser
UCLA Drug Abuse Research Center, USA
Eval Rev 25:233-62. 2001..A multimethod assessment will contribute to a more complete understanding of the complex phenomena of the long-term courses of substance use and its treatment... - Outcomes of drug and alcohol treatment programs among American Indians in CaliforniaElizabeth Evans
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Program, 1640 South Sepulveda Blvd, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
Am J Public Health 96:889-96. 2006..We examined differences in substance abuse treatment outcomes between American Indians and their non-American Indian counterparts in California, during 2000 to 2002... - A 12-year follow-up study of psychiatric symptomatology among cocaine-dependent menDiane M Herbeck
University of California, Los Angeles, Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, 1640 S Sepulveda Blvd, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
Addict Behav 31:1974-87. 2006..These findings suggest that severe psychiatric symptomatology persists among individuals unable to achieve a stable recovery from cocaine dependence... - Trajectories of heroin addiction: growth mixture modeling results based on a 33-year follow-up studyYih Ing Hser
University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Eval Rev 31:548-63. 2007..Study findings empirically demonstrate the chronic nature of heroin addiction and subsequent adverse consequences including mortality, mental health, and employment... - Empirically supported substance abuse treatment approaches: a survey of treatment providers' perspectives and practicesDiane M Herbeck
Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, 1640 South Sepulveda Boulevard Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
Addict Behav 33:699-712. 2008..The study findings provide important information regarding training and research dissemination efforts... - 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... - Pilot-testing a statewide outcome monitoring system: overview of the California Treatment Outcome Project (CALTOP)Elizabeth Evans
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Los Angeles, California 90025, USA
J Psychoactive Drugs . 2004..This article presents the type of information on client demographics and treatment retention that was provided by CalTOP and outlines recommendations for implementing an AOD outcome monitoring system statewide... - To smoke or not to smoke: impact on disability, quality of life, and illicit drug use in baseline polydrug usersWilliam J McCarthy
UCLA Division of Cancer Prevention and Control Research, Los Angeles, CA 90095 6900, USA
J Addict Dis 21:35-54. 2002..Illicit drug use did not affect SF-36 ratings. Findings suggest that tobacco use by polydrug users is related to disability rates, to illicit drug use and to variations in daily functioning... - Tooth retention, tooth loss and use of dental care among long-term narcotics abusersJing Fan
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Neuropsychiatric Institute, 1640 S Sepulveda Blvd, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
Subst Abus 27:25-32. 2006..0001). These findings suggest that settings such as prisons and drug treatment programs that include dental care referral and follow-up would be expected to enhance oral and general health among narcotics-addicted individuals... 
Polydrug use and implications for longitudinal research: ten-year trajectories for heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine usersMary Lynn Brecht
University of California Los Angeles, Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, 1640 S Sepulveda Boulevard, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 96:193-201. 2008..Results indicate that group descriptions of primary heroin, cocaine, or meth use trajectories over time may present valid information about drug use patterns in general...- A self-administered instrument for assessing therapeutic approaches of drug-user treatment counselorsN D Kasarabada
UCLA Drug Abuse Research Center, University of California, Los Angeles 90025, USA
Subst Use Misuse 36:273-99. 2001..Based on this data, we further refined these scales using confirmatory factor analysis to ensure both construct validity and discriminant validity. The final instrument consisted of 14 subscales with a total of 48 items... - Do patients' perceptions of their counselors influence outcomes of drug treatment?Nagalakshmi D Kasarabada
UCLA Drug Abuse Research Center, 1640 S Sepulveda Blvd, Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 23:327-34. 2002..Patients' positive perceptions were also significantly associated with better psychiatric functioning at follow-up, but had a limited relationship to severity of alcohol use and no relation to severity of drug use... - 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.... - Women-only and mixed-gender drug abuse treatment programs: service needs, utilization and outcomesNoosha Niv
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 87:194-201. 2007..This prospective longitudinal study examined service needs, utilization and outcomes for 189 women in women-only (WO) programs and 871 women in mixed-gender (MG) programs... - Long-term morbidity and mortality among a sample of cocaine-dependent black and white veteransJoy C Yang
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
J Urban Health 83:926-40. 2006..The study results suggest that black cocaine-dependent veterans do not have worse health status when compared with white veterans on most health indicators... - Longitudinal treatment effects among cocaine users: a growth curve modeling approachChih-ping Chou
Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
Subst Use Misuse 38:1323-43. 2003..The study findings support that treatment for cocaine use is effective in reducing cocaine use. Longitudinal models provide opportunities to demonstrate the dynamic relationships between treatment and outcome... - Life expectancy and productivity loss among narcotics addicts thirty-three years after index treatmentBreda Smyth
UCLA Substance Abuse Programs, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90025, USA
J Addict Dis 25:37-47. 2006..The lives of heroin addicts were severely truncated at productive ages resulting in a loss of potential productivity that increases social and economic burdens... - Benefit-cost in the California treatment outcome project: does substance abuse treatment "pay for itself"?Susan L Ettner
Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095 1736, USA
Health Serv Res 41:192-213. 2006..To examine costs and monetary benefits associated with substance abuse treatment... - Longitudinal HIV risk behavior among the Drug Abuse Treatment Outcome Studies (DATOS) adult sampleDebra A Murphy
University of California, Los Angeles Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, USA
Eval Rev 32:83-112. 2008..Of clients who were engaged in regular injection drug use at intake, 76% continued to inject drug at a moderate-stable or increased rate during the 5-year follow-up... - Implementation of a statewide outcome monitoring system: lessons learned from substance abuse treatment provider staffCheryl Teruya
UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs, University of California-Los Angeles, CA, USA
Qual Health Res 16:337-52. 2006..Findings might be useful to those designing and implementing similar systems or other large organizational change initiatives... - Introduction to the special issues on longitudinal research on substance abuse and health services: current knowledge and future directionsYih-Ing Hser
University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Eval Rev 31:511-4. 2007 - Characteristics of criminal justice and noncriminal justice clients receiving treatment for substance abuseGrant N Marshall
Health Sciences, RAND, Santa Monica, CA 90407, USA
Addict Behav 27:179-92. 2002..Implications for treatment are discussed... - Ethnic differences in utilization of drug treatment services and outcomes among Proposition 36 offenders in CaliforniaRaquel Fosados
Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Alhambra, CA 91803, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 33:391-9. 2007..There were few other ethnic differences in outcomes. Assessing and eliminating ethnic-associated differences in health service delivery, even as moderate as our findings revealed, may improve program processes and outcomes... - A two-level structural equation model approach for analyzing multivariate longitudinal responsesXin Yuan Song
Department of Statistics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N T, Hong Kong
Stat Med 27:3017-41. 2008..Results of a simulation study indicate that the performance of the ML estimation is satisfactory. The proposed methodology is applied to a longitudinal study concerning cocaine use...
Research Grants
- Treatment System Impact & Outcomes of Proposition 36Yih Ing Hser; Fiscal Year: 2006..The project will produce recommendations to improve treatment strategies and inform future policy and practice at the national, state, and local levels. ..
- A Long-term Follow-up Study of Drug-Dependent Mothers and ChildrenYih Ing Hser; Fiscal Year: 2009..The study will also lay the foundation for future in-depth investigation of the children of these mothers with histories of substance abuse. ..
- Center for Advancing Longitudinal Drug Abuse ResearchYih Ing Hser; Fiscal Year: 2007..C&I Core functions are crucial to maintaining a highly integrated Center, to facilitating research rigor, quality, and productivity, and to disseminating research findings. ..
- Readiness for Implementation of Research to PracticeYih Ing Hser; Fiscal Year: 2004..abstract_text> ..
- DRUG ABUSE: EPIDEMIOLOGY, TREATMENT PROCESS, & OUTCOMESYih Ing Hser; Fiscal Year: 2003..The applicant also expects to grow professionally as Associate Director of the UCLA Drug Abuse Research Center. ..
- A 12 YEAR FOLLOW UP OF A COCAINE DEPENDENT SAMPLEYih Ing Hser; Fiscal Year: 2003..abstract_text> ..
- A Long-term Follow-up Study of Drug-Dependent Mothers and ChildrenYih Ing Hser; Fiscal Year: 2010..The study will also lay the foundation for future in-depth investigation of the children of these mothers with histories of substance abuse. ..