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| GORDON ALAN MARLATTSummaryAffiliation: University of Washington Country: USA Publications
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Spirituality, mindfulness and substance abuseJanis Leigh
Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Box 351525, Seattle WA 98195 1525, United States
Addict Behav 30:1335-41. 2005..Thus, spirituality may be related to decreased substance use. In contrast, a positive relationship between mindfulness and smoking/frequent binge-drinking behavior was uncovered, and warrants further investigation...- Why and how do substance abuse treatments work? Investigating mediated changeKatie Witkiewitz
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute, University of Washington, 1107 NE 45th St, Suite 120 Box 354805, Seattle, WA 98105 4631, USA
Addiction 103:649-50. 2008 - Integrating contingency management with relapse prevention skills: comment on Silverman et al. (2001)G A Marlatt
Addictive Behaviors Research Center, Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195 1526, USA
Exp Clin Psychopharmacol 9:33-4; discussion 35-9. 2001..Recommendations are made to enhance maintenance of abstinence by providing coping-skill training for relapse prevention as an addition to the contingency management approach... - Journeys of the Circle: a culturally congruent life skills intervention for adolescent Indian drinkingG Alan Marlatt
Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
Alcohol Clin Exp Res 27:1327-9. 2003..Past attempts to intervene in and reduce misuse of alcohol and other drugs have not had great success. The Journeys of the Circle Project utilized innovative programs with a strong emphasis on historic cultural traditions... - Do animal models provide a valid analogue for human drug lapse and relapse? Comment on Leri and Stewart (2002)G Alan Marlatt
Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA
Exp Clin Psychopharmacol 10:359-60; discussion 364-6. 2002..These results help bridge the gap between animal and human models of drug use and highlight the significance of both behavioral and environmental determinants of relapse... - Meditation and alcohol useG Alan Marlatt
Addictive Behaviors Research Center, Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA
South Med J 100:451-3. 2007 - Harm reduction approaches to alcohol use: health promotion, prevention, and treatmentG Alan Marlatt
Addictive Behaviors Research Center, Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Box 351525, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Addict Behav 27:867-86. 2002..The limitations of harm reduction and recommendations for future research are discussed... 
Update on harm-reduction policy and intervention researchG Alan Marlatt
The Addictive Behaviors Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195 1629, USA
Annu Rev Clin Psychol 6:591-606. 2010..The overall goal of this review is to present some of the most recent developments in the field of harm reduction...
Nonnormality and divergence in posttreatment alcohol use: reexamining the Project MATCH data "another way."Katie Witkiewitz
Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
J Abnorm Psychol 116:378-94. 2007..These results highlight the dynamical nature of the relapse process and the importance of the use of methodologies that accommodate this complexity when evaluating treatment outcomes...- Validity of the CRAFFT in American-Indian and Alaska-Native adolescents: screening for drug and alcohol riskLillian Huang Cummins
Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
J Stud Alcohol 64:727-32. 2003..The CRAFFT has been shown to be a valid and reliable screen among general adolescent outpatient clinic samples... - Health care and public service use and costs before and after provision of housing for chronically homeless persons with severe alcohol problemsMary E Larimer
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
JAMA 301:1349-57. 2009..Chronically homeless individuals with severe alcohol problems often have multiple medical and psychiatric problems and use costly health and criminal justice services at high rates... - Risk, resilience, and natural recovery: a model of recovery from alcohol abuse for Alaska NativesGerald V Mohatt
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Department of Psychology, Fairbanks, AK 99775 6480, USA
Addiction 103:205-15. 2008..The People Awakening (PA) study explored an Alaska Native (AN) understanding of the recovery process from alcohol abuse and consequent sobriety... - The role of thought suppression in the relationship between mindfulness meditation and alcohol useSarah Bowen
University of Washington, Department of Psychology, Box 351525, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Addict Behav 32:2324-8. 2007..Those who participated in the course reported significant decreases in avoidance of thoughts when compared to controls. The decrease in avoidance partially mediated effects of the course on post-release alcohol use and consequences... - Mindfulness meditation and substance use in an incarcerated populationSarah Bowen
Addictive Behaviors Research Center, Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 20:343-7. 2006..VM participants showed decreases in alcohol-related problems and psychiatric symptoms as well as increases in positive psychosocial outcomes. The utility of mindfulness-based treatments for substance use is discussed... - Emphasis on interpersonal factors in a dynamic model of relapseKatie Witkiewitz
Addictive Behaviors Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Am Psychol 60:341-2. 2005 - Modeling the complexity of post-treatment drinking: it's a rocky road to relapseKatie Witkiewitz
Addictive Behaviors Research Center, Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Box 351525, Seattle, Washington 98103, USA
Clin Psychol Rev 27:724-38. 2007..The implications of these analyses for the treatment of alcohol use disorders, as well as a discussion of future research incorporating nonlinear dynamical systems theory is provided... - The mindfulness-based relapse prevention adherence and competence scale: development, interrater reliability, and validityNeharika Chawla
Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Psychother Res 20:388-97. 2010..Finally, overall ratings on the Adherence section were positively related to changes in mindfulness over the course of the treatment... - Mutual mistrust in the medical care of drug users: the keys to the "narc" cabinetJoseph O Merrill
Division of General Internal Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98104, USA
J Gen Intern Med 17:327-33. 2002..To better understand the often difficult relationships between illicit drug-using patients and their physicians, we sought to identify major issues that emerge during their interactions in a teaching hospital... - The changing influences of self-worth and peer deviance on drinking problems in urban American Indian adolescentsSandra M Radin
Addictive Behaviors Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, 98195 1525, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 20:161-70. 2006..Possible explanations for and implications of these findings are discussed in terms of developmental changes during adolescence... - The virtuous drinker: character virtues as correlates and moderators of college student drinking and consequencesDiane E Logan
Department of Psychology, Addictive Behaviors Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98556, USA
J Am Coll Health 58:317-24. 2010..Each of the virtues of wisdom, courage, humanity, justice, temperance, and transcendence were examined as protective factors and moderators of drinking consequences... - The comorbidity of substance use disorders and eating disorders in women: prevalence, etiology, and treatmentErin N Harrop
University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 1629, USA
Addict Behav 35:392-8. 2010..Though comorbidity rates are high, little research has been done concerning treatment. Given the high prevalence rates of these comorbid disorders, a specific treatment needs to be developed that targets both disorders simultaneously... - Preventing substance abuse in American Indian and Alaska native youth: promising strategies for healthier communitiesElizabeth H Hawkins
Addictive Behaviors Research Center, Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 1525, USA
Psychol Bull 130:304-23. 2004.... - Relapse prevention for alcohol and drug problems: that was Zen, this is TaoKatie Witkiewitz
Addiction Behaviors Research Center, Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98103, US
Am Psychol 59:224-35. 2004..Empirical support for this reconceptualization of relapse, the future of relapse prevention, and the limitations of the new model are discussed... - Treating addictive behaviors in the employee assistance program: implications for brief interventionsKaren K Chan
Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Box 351525, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Addict Behav 29:1883-7. 2004..These results suggest that EAPs may be well suited for implementation of brief interventions (BIs) that have been empirically supported in other contexts... - Drinking without thinking: an implicit measure of alcohol motivation predicts failure to control alcohol useBrian D Ostafin
Department of Psychology, North Dakota State University, P O Box 5075, Fargo, ND 58105, USA
Behav Res Ther 46:1210-9. 2008..The results indicate that the IAT may have utility in predicting dyscontrolled alcohol use... - Harm reduction therapy: a practice-friendly review of researchDiane E Logan
Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Box 351629, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
J Clin Psychol 66:201-14. 2010..Harm reduction interventions provide additional tools for clinicians working with clients who, for whatever reason, may not be ready, willing, or able to pursue full abstinence as a goal... - Language-based measures of mindfulness: initial validity and clinical utilitySusan E Collins
Addictive Behaviors Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 23:743-9. 2009..If future studies replicate these findings, ML could be used in conjunction with self-report to provide a more complete picture of the mindfulness experience... - Indicated prevention of problem gambling among college studentsRuby Y Takushi
University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
J Gambl Stud 20:83-93. 2004..Preliminary pilot data suggests the intervention shows promise in reducing high risk gambling among college students... - Memory, executive cognitive function, and readiness to change drinking behaviorArthur W Blume
Department of Psychology, University of Texas at El Paso, Room 224, El Paso, TX 79968 0553, USA
Addict Behav 30:301-14. 2005..The study findings indicate that explicit memory processes may have utility for predicting readiness to change drinking behavior... - Family and peer interventions for adults: past approaches and future directionsAnne C Fernandez
Addictive Behaviors Research Center, University of Washington, Seattle, 98195-1525, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 20:207-13. 2006..The effectiveness and appropriateness of these approaches in different situations are discussed. In addition, areas in need of further study are pointed out... - Test-retest reliability of alcohol measures: is there a difference between internet-based assessment and traditional methods?Elizabeth T Miller
Addictive Behaviors Research Center, Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 16:56-63. 2002..This cost-efficient alternative has the advantage of minimizing data collection and entry errors while increasing survey accessibility... - Beliefs about drinking behavior predict drinking consequencesArthur W Blume
Department of Psychology, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968 0553, USA
J Psychoactive Drugs 35:395-9. 2003..Correcting errant assumptions about alcohol expectancies and strategies designed to increase self-efficacy may reduce harmful drinking consequences even if a client is unwilling to reduce consumption... - The role of executive cognitive functions in changing substance use: what we know and what we need to knowArthur W Blume
Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28823 0001, USA
Ann Behav Med 37:117-25. 2009.... - Testing the incentive-sensitization theory with at-risk drinkers: wanting, liking, and alcohol consumptionBrian D Ostafin
Department of Psychology, Department 2765, North Dakota State University, P O Box 6050, Fargo, North Dakota 58108 6050, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 24:157-62. 2010..The results provide partial support for the incentive-sensitization theory... - Relapse in alcohol- and drug-disordered adolescents with comorbid psychopathology: changes in psychiatric symptomsDenis M McCarthy
Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Missouri--Columbia, Columbia, MO, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 19:28-34. 2005..These results demonstrate that, for adolescents with both substance use and mental health disorders, psychiatric symptoms are 1 factor influencing posttreatment substance use... - Recent drinking consequences, motivation to change, and changes in alcohol consumption over a three month periodArthur W Blume
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, United States
Addict Behav 31:331-8. 2006..50, p<.001). Increased awareness of intrapersonal drinking related consequences may motivate change, whereas numbers of impulse control and interpersonal consequences may predict changes in drinking behavior over the short-term... - New constructs and assessments for relapse and continued use potential in the ASAM Patient Placement CriteriaDavid R Gastfriend
Addiction Research Program, Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Addict Dis 22:95-111. 2003.... - Relapse prevention for sexual offenders: considerations for the "abstinence violation effect"Jennifer G Wheeler
Sex Abuse 18:233-48. 2006..In particular, these modifications fail to specify accurately the AVE's occurrence and influence in the offense cycle. In response to these limitations, we suggest future directions for AVE research in sexual offenders... - Alcohol-related associative strength and drinking behaviours: concurrent and prospective relationshipsAdrian B Kelly
School of Social Science, The University of Queensland, Australia
Drug Alcohol Rev 24:489-98. 2005..The results point to the possibility that increasing awareness of implicit alcohol-related associations may have utility in interventions for young adults... - Examining memory for heterosexual college students' sexual experiences using an electronic mail diaryMaryanne Garry
School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Health Psychol 21:629-34. 2002..The results have implications for both sexual health educators and for people who engage in high-risk sexual behaviors... - The impact of adolescent tobacco-related associative memory on smoking trajectory: an application of negative binomial regression to highly skewed longitudinal dataAdrian B Kelly
School of Social Science, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane 4072, Australia
Addict Behav 33:640-50. 2008..The statistical method will be of use in future research on adolescent smoking, and for research on other behavioural distributions that are highly positively skewed... - Health care workers and addictionJoseph O Merrill
N Engl J Med 347:1044-5; author reply 1044-5. 2002 - A brief intervention for at-risk drinking in an employee assistance programKaren Chan Osilla
RAND Corporation, 1776 Main Street, Santa Monica, California 90401, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 69:14-20. 2008..The current pilot study examined the preliminary efficacy of a brief intervention (BI) for at-risk drinking in an employee assistance program...
Research Grants
- Efficacy of Mindfulness-Based Relapse PreventionG Marlatt; Fiscal Year: 2007..MBRP incorporates specific alcohol and drug-focused cognitive therapy techniques with an additional emphasis on mindfulness skills, and builds upon the Investigator's prior work on meditation-based interventions. ..
- INTERVENTION FOR ADOLESCENT INDIAN DRINKINGG Marlatt; Fiscal Year: 2001..115 outpatients and 80 continuing care patients will participate in each of the two treatment conditions. ..
- Innovative Approaches to Modeling Alcohol RelapseG Marlatt; Fiscal Year: 2004..The abundance of treatment outcome data for addictive behaviors makes the proposed research an important and cost-effective contribution to the advancement of our understanding of the relapse process. ..
- PREVENTION OF ALCOHOL PROBLEMS IN THE UNIVERSITY SETTINGG Marlatt; Fiscal Year: 2007..Research training is currently supported by an NIAAA postdoctoral training grant awarded to the applicant, for which the applicant devotes a great deal of time to graduate and postdoctoral research training. ..
- Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention: Efficacy and MechanismsG Marlatt; Fiscal Year: 2009..Further, the proposed research is designed to gain a better understanding of why these treatments work and for whom. ..
- Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention: Efficacy and MechanismsGORDON ALAN MARLATT; Fiscal Year: 2010..Further, the proposed research is designed to gain a better understanding of why these treatments work and for whom. ..