2022
Psychopathy and Substance Use Disorders
Brennan G, Stuppy-Sullivan A, Baskin-Sommers A. Psychopathy and Substance Use Disorders. Dangerous Behavior In Clinical And Forensic Psychology 2022, 263-291. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-83156-1_11.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCognitive–affective factors underlying disinhibitory disorders and legal implications
Baskin-Sommers A, Ruiz S, Sarcos B, Simmons C. Cognitive–affective factors underlying disinhibitory disorders and legal implications. Nature Reviews Psychology 2022, 1: 145-160. DOI: 10.1038/s44159-022-00020-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCognitive-affective factorsDisinhibitory disordersCognitive-affective functioningSpecific psychological problemsPersonality disorderPsychological scienceSubstance use disordersAntisocial personality disorderBorderline personality disorderPsychological problemsNon-violent crimeSuccessful interactionSubstance misuseUse disordersCorrectional facilitiesDomestic violenceDisordersLegal interventionIndividualsMembers of societyViolent crimeInterventionImplicationsPsychopathyAggression
2020
Examining Relations Between Obsessive-Compulsive Features, Substance-Use Disorders, and Antisocial Personality Disorder in the Vietnam Era Twin Cohort
Williams M, Baskin-Sommers A, Xian H, Wirth L, Scherrer J, Volberg R, Slutske W, Kraus S, Eisen S, Potenza M. Examining Relations Between Obsessive-Compulsive Features, Substance-Use Disorders, and Antisocial Personality Disorder in the Vietnam Era Twin Cohort. International Journal Of Mental Health And Addiction 2020, 19: 2045-2055. DOI: 10.1007/s11469-020-00299-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchObsessive-compulsive featuresAntisocial personality disorderPersonality disorderCannabis use disorderCo-occurring disordersSubstance use disordersCompulsive featuresGambling disorderTransdiagnostic frameworkExternalizing disordersLatent class analysisCannabis abuseUse disordersFuture researchMale veteransSecondary data analysisClass analysisDisordersLines of investigation
2019
Aberrant Cost–Benefit Integration During Effort-Based Decision Making Relates to Severity of Substance Use Disorders
Stuppy-Sullivan A, Buckholtz J, Baskin-Sommers A. Aberrant Cost–Benefit Integration During Effort-Based Decision Making Relates to Severity of Substance Use Disorders. Clinical Psychological Science 2019, 8: 155-168. DOI: 10.1177/2167702619868155.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSubstance use disordersSevere substance use disordersAversive affective statesLow reward optionCost-benefit decision makingEffort-based decisionUse disordersCost-benefit decisionsSeverity of useIndividual differencesReward taskEffort expenditureAffective statesValue signalsEffortful behaviorCommunity sampleIntertemporal decisionsPrevious researchDecision makingMultiple decision variablesIndividualsLess attentionDisordersDecisionsTask
2017
Differentiating patterns of substance misuse by subtypes of antisocial traits in male offenders
Brennan G, Stuppy-Sullivan A, Brazil I, Baskin-Sommers A. Differentiating patterns of substance misuse by subtypes of antisocial traits in male offenders. Journal Of Forensic Psychiatry And Psychology 2017, 28: 341-356. DOI: 10.1080/14789949.2017.1280072.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
The Intersection between Neurobiological and Psychological Theories of Substance Use Disorders
Baskin‐Sommers A, Hearon B. The Intersection between Neurobiological and Psychological Theories of Substance Use Disorders. 2015, 218-235. DOI: 10.1002/9781118726761.ch11.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPsychological theoriesReward processingReward-related abnormalitiesImportant psychological theoriesSpecific neural abnormalitiesReward-seeking behaviorDistress toleranceNeuroscience literatureSubstance use disordersHedonic impactNeurobiological patternsNeural abnormalitiesUse disordersSUDExcessive pursuitDefining featureClinical phenomenaMarked dysfunctionProcessingNeurobiologicalRewardBrief overviewTheoryDisordersFindings
2014
Neural correlates of substance abuse: Reduced functional connectivity between areas underlying reward and cognitive control
Motzkin JC, Baskin‐Sommers A, Newman JP, Kiehl KA, Koenigs M. Neural correlates of substance abuse: Reduced functional connectivity between areas underlying reward and cognitive control. Human Brain Mapping 2014, 35: 4282-4292. PMID: 24510765, PMCID: PMC4107096, DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22474.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCognitive-behavioral controlCognitive controlSubstance use disordersFunctional connectivityFrontal cortical regionsSUD groupIndividual differencesResting-state functional connectivityCortical regionsAnterior cingulate cortexAdult male prison inmatesLower functional connectivityMale prison inmatesNeural correlatesNucleus accumbensPsychological correlatesReward processingNeurocircuitry modelsCingulate cortexGroup differencesBrain regionsSubstance abuseDorsal caudateHabit formationUse disorders