2019
Short and long-term improvements in psychiatric symptomatology to validate clinically meaningful treatment outcomes for cocaine use disorders
Miguel AQC, Kiluk BD, Babuscio TA, Nich C, Mari JJ, Carroll KM. Short and long-term improvements in psychiatric symptomatology to validate clinically meaningful treatment outcomes for cocaine use disorders. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2019, 198: 126-132. PMID: 30921648, PMCID: PMC6487863, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.01.046.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCocaine use disorderBrief Symptom InventoryCocaine use outcomesPsychiatric symptomatologyUse outcomesUse disordersPositive Symptom TotalDrug use outcomesMeaningful treatment outcomesInterpersonal sensitivityUse outcome measuresParanoid ideationSymptom TotalLong-term functional improvementSymptom InventoryLong-term associationPsychoticism dimensionOutcome effectsComposite scoreOutcome measuresSymptomatologyNegative urinalysis resultsGlobal indexComplete abstinenceLong-term improvement
2001
Targeting Behavioral Therapies to Enhance Naltrexone Treatment of Opioid Dependence: Efficacy of Contingency Management and Significant Other Involvement
Carroll KM, Ball SA, Nich C, O'Connor PG, Eagan DA, Frankforter TL, Triffleman EG, Shi J, Rounsaville BJ. Targeting Behavioral Therapies to Enhance Naltrexone Treatment of Opioid Dependence: Efficacy of Contingency Management and Significant Other Involvement. JAMA Psychiatry 2001, 58: 755-761. PMID: 11483141, PMCID: PMC3651594, DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.58.8.755.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrug-free urine specimensNaltrexone treatmentFamily counseling sessionsContingency managementOpioid dependenceTreatment retentionUrine specimensBehavioral therapyOpioid-dependent individualsCounseling sessionsDrug use outcomesSubstance abuse outcomesNaltrexone complianceNaltrexone therapyOpioid useAvailable pharmacotherapiesMedication complianceSpecific pharmacotherapySignificant improvementTherapyUse outcomesAbuse outcomesPrincipal outcomePharmacotherapyTreatment
1998
Fluoxetine treatment of depressive disorders in methadone-maintained opioid addicts
Petrakis I, Carroll K, Nich C, Gordon L, Kosten T, Rounsaville B. Fluoxetine treatment of depressive disorders in methadone-maintained opioid addicts. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 1998, 50: 221-226. PMID: 9649975, DOI: 10.1016/s0376-8716(98)00032-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCocaine useOpioid addictsMedication effectsDepressive symptomsSignificant decreaseEffectiveness of fluoxetineSelf-reported cocaine useDrug use outcomesSubsample of subjectsFluoxetine treatmentUrine toxicologySelf-reported useDepressive disorderSevere depressionHeroin useFluoxetineEffective agentUse outcomesDepressionPlaceboSignificant differencesTreatmentSymptomsAddictsMethadone