2024
Giving Voice to Women with Substance Use Disorder: Findings from Expressive Writing About Trauma
Jallo N, Kinser P, Eglovitch M, Worcman N, Webster P, Alvanzo A, Svikis D, Meshberg-Cohen S. Giving Voice to Women with Substance Use Disorder: Findings from Expressive Writing About Trauma. Women's Health Reports 2024, 5: 223-230. PMID: 38516652, PMCID: PMC10956529, DOI: 10.1089/whr.2023.0173.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSubstance use disordersExpressive writingTrauma eventsResidential SUD treatmentResidential SUD programsInterpersonal traumaTrauma exposureInterpersonal betrayalUse disorderSelf-conceptAddiction treatmentSUD programsTrauma experiencesSUD treatmentParental neglectWritten wordWriting sessionsEmotional consequencesEW conditionSecondary data analysisDisordersParticipantsTraumaSexual violenceAddictionWritten exposure therapy for veterans with co-occurring substance use disorders and PTSD: Study design of a randomized clinical trial
Meshberg-Cohen S, Cook J, Bin-Mahfouz A, Petrakis I. Written exposure therapy for veterans with co-occurring substance use disorders and PTSD: Study design of a randomized clinical trial. Contemporary Clinical Trials 2024, 139: 107475. PMID: 38365173, DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2024.107475.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWritten exposure therapyPosttraumatic stress disorderEvidence-based psychotherapiesSubstance use disordersExposure therapyReduce symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorderSymptoms of posttraumatic stress disorderPTSD specialty clinicRates of posttraumatic stress disorderCo-occurring substance use disordersComorbid posttraumatic stress disorderSubstance use disorder outcomesDays of substance useTreatment-seeking veteransSubstance use disorder treatmentStress disorderAddiction outcomesTherapist involvementAddiction programsSUD treatmentSubstance useTrauma treatmentRandomized clinical trialsWriting conditionsHomework assignments
2014
Expressive Writing as a Therapeutic Process for Drug-Dependent Women
Meshberg-Cohen S, Svikis D, McMahon TJ. Expressive Writing as a Therapeutic Process for Drug-Dependent Women. Substance Use & Addiction Journal 2014, 35: 80-88. PMID: 24588298, PMCID: PMC3942795, DOI: 10.1080/08897077.2013.805181.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExpressive writingNegative affectWriting sessionsSubstance use disordersTrauma-specific treatmentNegative affect scoresPosttraumatic symptom severitySubstance-abusing womenPosttraumatic distressPosttraumatic stressControl writingAffect scoresStressful experiencesStressful eventsResidential treatmentGroup differencesDrug-dependent womenPhysical distressPromising interventionAnxiety scoresSUD treatmentAffectTherapeutic processSymptom severityUse disorders