2024
A Digital Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Program for Adults With Alcohol Use Disorder
Kiluk B, Benitez B, DeVito E, Frankforter T, LaPaglia D, O’Malley S, Nich C. A Digital Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Program for Adults With Alcohol Use Disorder. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e2435205. PMID: 39325452, PMCID: PMC11428014, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.35205.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCognitive behavioral therapyDigital cognitive behavioral therapyAlcohol use disorderAlcohol useCBT programUse disorderCognitive behavioral therapy programCurrent alcohol use disorderTreatment-seeking adultsBehavioral therapy programEvidence-based treatmentsBaseline to 6-month follow-upRates of alcohol useReducing alcohol useTreatment periodRandomized clinical trialsBehavioral therapyOutpatient substancePercentage of daysOutpatient treatmentIntention-to-treat analysisIndividual counselingStudy periodFollow-upIntention-to-treatMeasurement invariance of the Perceived Stress Scale across race, sex, and time, and differential impacts on cocaine use treatment outcomes
Schick M, Kiluk B, Nich C, LaPaglia D, Haeny A. Measurement invariance of the Perceived Stress Scale across race, sex, and time, and differential impacts on cocaine use treatment outcomes. Journal Of Substance Use And Addiction Treatment 2024, 166: 209493. PMID: 39151798, PMCID: PMC11392621, DOI: 10.1016/j.josat.2024.209493.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCocaine use disorderPerceived Stress ScaleTreatment retentionMeasurement invarianceTreatment outcomesSubstance use treatment outcomesStress ScalePredicting treatment retentionSelf-efficacyCoping self-efficacyTwo-factor modelInfluence treatment outcomeCocaine abuse/dependenceDSM-IVUse disorderCocaine useBetween-group differencesMetric invarianceScalar invarianceTwo-factorCocainePharmacological treatmentFactor analysisDifferential impactAbuse/dependence
2021
Food insecurity among individuals with substance use disorders in an Eastern city clinic
Mitchell C, Debor M, O’Malley S, White M, Cole R, Lapaglia D. Food insecurity among individuals with substance use disorders in an Eastern city clinic. Journal Of Social Work Practice In The Addictions 2021, 21: 396-407. DOI: 10.1080/1533256x.2021.1973828.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSubstance use disordersPolysubstance use disorderUse disordersSUD diagnosisCross-sectional chart reviewMore substance use disordersSubstance use treatmentPrevalence of FIMental health consequencesFI screeningChart reviewFood insecurityCity clinicTreatment-seeking adultsHealth consequencesUse treatmentPractice recommendationsDisordersDiagnosisAdultsTreatmentIndividualsClinicPrevalenceMonths
2016
Substance Use Disorders and Systems of Care
LaPaglia D, Kiluk B, Fucito L, Ikomi J, Steinfeld M, Muvvala S. Substance Use Disorders and Systems of Care. 2016, 81-96. DOI: 10.1093/med/9780190214678.003.0006.Chapters
2015
Training Psychiatry Addiction Fellows in Acupuncture
Serafini K, Bryant K, Ikomi J, LaPaglia D. Training Psychiatry Addiction Fellows in Acupuncture. Academic Psychiatry 2015, 40: 503-506. PMID: 26048457, PMCID: PMC4670818, DOI: 10.1007/s40596-015-0342-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchA Shortage of Medical Residency Positions: Parallels with Psychology
LaPaglia D, Robiner WN, Yozwiak JA, Brosig C, Cubic B, Leventhal G. A Shortage of Medical Residency Positions: Parallels with Psychology. Academic Psychiatry 2015, 39: 706-712. PMID: 26022617, DOI: 10.1007/s40596-015-0324-y.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2012
Combining cognitive behavioral therapy and contingency management to enhance their effects in treating cannabis dependence: less can be more, more or less
Carroll KM, Nich C, LaPaglia DM, Peters EN, Easton CJ, Petry NM. Combining cognitive behavioral therapy and contingency management to enhance their effects in treating cannabis dependence: less can be more, more or less. Addiction 2012, 107: 1650-1659. PMID: 22404223, PMCID: PMC3509418, DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2012.03877.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCognitive behavioral therapyContingency managementHomework completionTime-line follow-back methodTreatment-seeking young adultsCannabis dependenceAddition of CBTSession attendanceOut-patient treatment programDays of cannabisCannabis treatment outcomesCBT outcomeBehavioral therapyAbstinence conditionSkills trainingRandom effects regression analysisAlone conditionCriminal justice systemUrine specimensTreatment programYoung adultsWeekly urineEffects regression analysisJustice systemAbstinence
2011
Personality Disorders and Retention in a Therapeutic Community for Substance Dependence
Samuel DB, LaPaglia DM, Maccarelli LM, Moore BA, Ball SA. Personality Disorders and Retention in a Therapeutic Community for Substance Dependence. American Journal On Addictions 2011, 20: 555-562. PMID: 21999502, PMCID: PMC3856923, DOI: 10.1111/j.1521-0391.2011.00174.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAntisocial personality disorderProgram retentionEarly attritionPersonality disorderSubstance use disordersTherapeutic community treatmentPersonality disorder diagnosisSuccessful treatmentTreatment completionRisk individualsTreatment retentionUse disordersCommunity treatmentSurvival analysisPromising interventionSubstance dependenceTC outcomesPremature attritionDisorder diagnosisEarly assessmentTC treatmentDisordersTreatmentTherapeutic communityOutcomesRandomized Trial of Dual-Focused Vs. Single-Focused Individual Therapy for Personality Disorders and Substance Dependence
Ball SA, Maccarelli LM, LaPaglia DM, Ostrowski MJ. Randomized Trial of Dual-Focused Vs. Single-Focused Individual Therapy for Personality Disorders and Substance Dependence. The Journal Of Nervous And Mental Disease 2011, 199: 319-328. PMID: 21543951, PMCID: PMC3100211, DOI: 10.1097/nmd.0b013e3182174e6f.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIndividual drug counselingDual-focus schema therapyPersonality disorderDrug counselingCox proportional hazards modelSubstance dependenceCo-occurring personality disordersProportional hazards modelSubstance-dependent patientsSchema therapySpecific personality disordersRandomized comparisonSustained reductionHazards modelTherapyDysphoria symptomsSymptomsIndividual therapyDisordersResidential treatmentMonthsCounselingAddiction symptomsFidelity assessmentPatients
2004
Voucher Purchases in Contingency Management Interventions for Women with Cocaine Dependence
Pantalon M, Ferro G, Chawarski M, LaPaglia D, Pakes J, Schottenfeld R. Voucher Purchases in Contingency Management Interventions for Women with Cocaine Dependence. Addictive Disorders & Their Treatment 2004, 3: 27-35. DOI: 10.1097/00132576-200403000-00004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCommunity Reinforcement ApproachTwelve-step facilitationCocaine dependenceRandomized clinical trialsCocaine-dependent womenContingency managementContingency management interventionClinical trialsCocaine abstinenceDependent womenPercentage of purchasesSignificant differencesParticipant childrenPreliminary findingsWomenGuidelinesReinforcement approachChildrenManagement interventions
Others
- LaPaglia, D. M. Challenges and solutions of adding medications to specialty addiction treatment programs: A review and suggestions. Alcohol Health and Research 33, 4, 2011.Peer-Reviewed Original Research