2022
Childhood Adversity, Addiction Severity, and Comorbidity Among Patients Receiving Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
Carr M, Ellis J, Saules K, Ledgerwood D. Childhood Adversity, Addiction Severity, and Comorbidity Among Patients Receiving Opioid Use Disorder Treatment. The Journal Of Nervous And Mental Disease 2022, 211: 150-156. PMID: 36112518, DOI: 10.1097/nmd.0000000000001581.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid use disorder treatmentUse disorder treatmentClinical severityChildhood adversityDisorder treatmentOpioid agonist treatmentChildhood adversity exposureGreater childhood adversityOUD treatmentAgonist treatmentTreatment strategiesEmotion dysregulationEmotion regulationCurrent psychopathologyAddiction severityPatientsAdversity exposureSymptom typeSeverityWomenStrongest predictorTreatmentHigh rateDysregulationGreater exposure
2019
Correlates of Treatment Retention and Opioid Misuse Among Postpartum Women in Methadone Treatment
Ellis JD, Cairncross M, Struble CA, Carr MM, Ledgerwood DM, Lundahl LH. Correlates of Treatment Retention and Opioid Misuse Among Postpartum Women in Methadone Treatment. Journal Of Addiction Medicine 2019, Publish Ahead of Print: &na;. PMID: 30418335, DOI: 10.1097/adm.0000000000000467.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid misuseTreatment discontinuationMethadone treatmentPostpartum womenDischarge opioid medicationsOpioid agonist treatmentLonger treatment durationOpioid medicationsCesarean sectionChart reviewAgonist treatmentPostpartum periodTreatment retentionTreatment durationLower likelihoodWomenDelivery factorsDiscontinuationTreatmentPresent exploratory studyTreatment dischargeVulnerable groupsMonthsDeliveryMisuse
2017
Contingency Management Interventions for Tobacco and Other Substance Use Disorders in Pregnancy
Hand DJ, Ellis JD, Carr MM, Abatemarco DJ, Ledgerwood DM. Contingency Management Interventions for Tobacco and Other Substance Use Disorders in Pregnancy. Psychology Of Addictive Behaviors 2017, 31: 907-921. PMID: 28639813, PMCID: PMC5714659, DOI: 10.1037/adb0000291.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubstance use disordersPregnant womenCM interventionContingency managementInfant outcomesUse disordersEffective interventionsIllicit substancesEffectiveness of CMUse of tobaccoUse of licitNicotine abstinenceEfficacious treatmentPregnancyMajority of studiesSecondary analysisVariety of populationsVulnerable populationsMultiple studiesInterventionLimited dataWomenDisordersUnderlying mechanismPrimary studies