2021
Substance Use, Gambling, Binge‐Eating, and Hypersexuality Symptoms Among Patients Receiving Opioid Agonist Therapies
Carr MM, Ellis JD, Saules KK, Page JL, Staples A, Ledgerwood DM. Substance Use, Gambling, Binge‐Eating, and Hypersexuality Symptoms Among Patients Receiving Opioid Agonist Therapies. American Journal On Addictions 2021, 30: 343-350. PMID: 33783065, PMCID: PMC8243775, DOI: 10.1111/ajad.13149.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid agonist therapyAgonist therapySeverity of symptomsDrug useTobacco useAlcohol useOpioid use disorderPoor treatment outcomesAdverse childhood eventsBinge-eating symptomsMost patientsOutpatient clinicPsychiatric comorbiditySignificant symptomsTreatment outcomesAddictive behaviorsUse disordersPatientsNegative binomial regressionSymptomsTherapyBinge eatingHigher depressionSubstance useSeverity
2018
Suicidality among gambling helpline callers: A consideration of the role of financial stress and conflict
Carr MM, Ellis JD, Ledgerwood DM. Suicidality among gambling helpline callers: A consideration of the role of financial stress and conflict. American Journal On Addictions 2018, 27: 531-537. PMID: 30113105, DOI: 10.1111/ajad.12787.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchClient and clinician-rated characteristics of problem gamblers with and without history of gambling-related illegal behaviors
Ellis JD, Lister JJ, Struble CA, Cairncross M, Carr MM, Ledgerwood DM. Client and clinician-rated characteristics of problem gamblers with and without history of gambling-related illegal behaviors. Addictive Behaviors 2018, 84: 1-6. PMID: 29587172, DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2018.03.017.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGambling-related illegal behaviorsLifetime alcohol problemsAlcohol problemsClient characteristicsTreatment failureDaily livingMood symptomsElevated riskRole difficultiesClinician reportsYounger ageHistory of arrestComorbid problemsClinical interventionsClinician ratingsHigh rateCliniciansArrest