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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultDiagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry)FemaleHumansMalePatient CompliancePersonality AssessmentPersonality DisordersPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesPsychotherapySubstance-Related DisordersConceptsIndividual 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
2008
Measuring Money Mismanagement Among Dually Diagnosed Clients
Black RA, Rounsaville BJ, Rosenheck RA, Conrad KJ, Ball SA, Rosen MI. Measuring Money Mismanagement Among Dually Diagnosed Clients. The Journal Of Nervous And Mental Disease 2008, 196: 576-579. PMID: 18626300, PMCID: PMC2804268, DOI: 10.1097/nmd.0b013e31817d0535.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2003
Personality, substance of choice, and polysubstance involvement among substance dependent patients
Conway KP, Kane RJ, Ball SA, Poling JC, Rounsaville BJ. Personality, substance of choice, and polysubstance involvement among substance dependent patients. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2003, 71: 65-75. PMID: 12821207, DOI: 10.1016/s0376-8716(03)00068-1.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1999
Concurrent and Predictive Validity of Antisocial Personality Disorder Subtyping among Substance Abusers
CECERO J, BALL S, TENNEN H, KRANZLER H, ROUNSAVILLE B. Concurrent and Predictive Validity of Antisocial Personality Disorder Subtyping among Substance Abusers. The Journal Of Nervous And Mental Disease 1999, 187: 478-486. PMID: 10463065, DOI: 10.1097/00005053-199908000-00004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAmbulatory CareAntisocial Personality DisorderChi-Square DistributionComorbidityDepressive DisorderDiagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry)Follow-Up StudiesHospitalizationHumansMental DisordersMultivariate AnalysisPersonality InventoryProbabilityPsychiatric Status Rating ScalesPsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsSeverity of Illness IndexSubstance-Related DisordersConceptsAntisocial personality disorderAdult antisocial behaviorLifetime depressionPsychiatric severityFull ASPDSubstance abusersPersonality disorderHistory of depressionAxis II pathologyOutpatient substance abusersPoor prognosisBaseline severityGreater baselineSubstance useSeverityDisordersStrongest predictorDepressionMultivariate regressionSubtypesBaselinePredictive validityAbusersVersusPrognosis
1998
Manualized treatment for substance abusers with personality disorders Dual focus schema therapy
Ball S. Manualized treatment for substance abusers with personality disorders Dual focus schema therapy. Addictive Behaviors 1998, 23: 883-891. PMID: 9801723, DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4603(98)00067-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCognitive Behavioral TherapyDiagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry)HumansManuals as TopicPersonality DisordersSecondary PreventionSubstance-Related DisordersConceptsDual-focus schema therapySchema therapyRelapse preventionCognitive-behavioral therapy approachPersonality disorderSubstance abuseEarly maladaptive schemasSubstance abuse treatmentYoung SchemaMaladaptive schemasManualized treatmentTreatment manualAbuse treatmentSubstance abusersTherapeutic attentionDrug abuseAbuseAxis IOpioid-dependent individualsDrug counselingSchemaTherapy approachesDisordersStyleAbusers