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 communityOutcomes
2009
Substance User Treatment Dropout from Client and Clinician Perspectives: A Pilot Study
Palmer RS, Murphy MK, Piselli A, Ball SA. Substance User Treatment Dropout from Client and Clinician Perspectives: A Pilot Study. Substance Use & Misuse 2009, 44: 1021-1038. PMID: 19938942, PMCID: PMC3678276, DOI: 10.1080/10826080802495237.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinician's perspectiveTreatment dropoutPilot studyClient-level factorsSample of cliniciansEarly therapeutic allianceAfrican AmericansTreatment retentionTreatment attendanceSubstance user treatmentAlcohol useCliniciansTherapeutic allianceUser treatmentHeavy drugSocial supportCaucasiansTreatmentClient motivationPremature terminationProgram characteristicsPrimary reasonAbstinence
2008
Factor Structure of the Condoms Barriers Scale With a Sample of Men at High Risk for HIV
Doyle SR, Calsyn DA, Ball SA. Factor Structure of the Condoms Barriers Scale With a Sample of Men at High Risk for HIV. Assessment 2008, 16: 3-15. PMID: 18689777, PMCID: PMC2791458, DOI: 10.1177/1073191108322259.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedBlack or African AmericanCondomsFactor Analysis, StatisticalHealth BehaviorHIV InfectionsHumansIllicit DrugsMaleMiddle AgedModels, TheoreticalPilot ProjectsPsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsRisk AssessmentRisk-TakingSexual BehaviorSubstance Abuse, IntravenousUnited StatesWashingtonWhite PeopleYoung AdultConceptsHuman immunodeficiency virusCondom Barriers ScaleHigh riskGender-specific HIV prevention interventionsSample of menHigh-risk sexual partnersHIV prevention interventionsMale condom useSafer sex skillsUse of condomsDrug abuse treatmentCondom barriersMale patientsImmunodeficiency virusPrevention interventionsCondom useSexual partnersAbuse treatmentBarriers ScaleTest-retest reliability estimatesMenWomen's perceptionsAppropriate assessmentReliable instrumentInternal consistencyMeasuring 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