2020
Development and Validation of the Recognizing Addictive Disorders Scale: A Transdiagnostic Measure of Substance-Related and Other Addictive Disorders
Carr MM, Saules KK, Ellis JD, Staples A, Ledgerwood DM, Loverich TM. Development and Validation of the Recognizing Addictive Disorders Scale: A Transdiagnostic Measure of Substance-Related and Other Addictive Disorders. Substance Use & Misuse 2020, 55: 2194-2204. PMID: 32727284, PMCID: PMC7513270, DOI: 10.1080/10826084.2020.1797806.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransdiagnostic measureCommunity sampleAvailable self-report measuresFactor structureSelf-report measuresFactor analysisSubstance abuse treatmentConfirmatory factor analysisGood internal consistencySubstance use disordersBehavioral addictionsExploratory factor analysisStudy 1Study 2Study 3Addictive disordersAddictive conditionsScale addressesAbuse treatmentPreliminary validityDisorder ScaleInitial validationItem poolInternal consistencyUse disorders
2018
Overeating, Overweight, and Substance Use: What Is the Connection?
Saules K, Carr M, Herb K. Overeating, Overweight, and Substance Use: What Is the Connection? Current Addiction Reports 2018, 5: 232-242. DOI: 10.1007/s40429-018-0208-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBrain reward pathwaysSubstance use disordersRisk factorsReward pathwayExcessive eatingFood addictionWeight loss surgeryGut-brain communicationCommon risk factorsGut-brain connectionAddictive behaviorsGastric bypassNocturnal eatingSUD onsetUse disordersBrain circuitrySubstance useDrug addictionEatingObesityEmotional eatingReviewThis paperBehavioral phenotypesAddictionDysregulation
2017
Contingency Management Interventions for Tobacco and Other Substance Use Disorders in Pregnancy
Hand DJ, Ellis JD, Carr MM, Abatemarco DJ, Ledgerwood DM. Contingency Management Interventions for Tobacco and Other Substance Use Disorders in Pregnancy. Psychology Of Addictive Behaviors 2017, 31: 907-921. PMID: 28639813, PMCID: PMC5714659, DOI: 10.1037/adb0000291.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubstance use disordersPregnant womenCM interventionContingency managementInfant outcomesUse disordersEffective interventionsIllicit substancesEffectiveness of CMUse of tobaccoUse of licitNicotine abstinenceEfficacious treatmentPregnancyMajority of studiesSecondary analysisVariety of populationsVulnerable populationsMultiple studiesInterventionLimited dataWomenDisordersUnderlying mechanismPrimary studies